Jim DeMint

No one has yet to give any security reason why collective bargaining should be adopted.

the first question needs to be, how will it improve security?

Jim DeMint really encapsulated the Republican position, when he said that beating Obama on this issue would be key to the GOP, and that they would make it his Waterloo.

The key here is if you can become the best practice headquarters where you can pull these voluntary standards, these creative new ideas to make things safer...

I don't want a political solution to a safety issue.

There is no reason that independence needs to mean secrecy.

the Federal Reserve, they created, arguably, the most powerful institution in the whole world.

We cannot allow that to happen with the Federal Reserve.

We were told if we did not appropriate nearly $1 trillion to buy toxic assets, the worldwide economic system was likely to collapse.

the Federal Government, the Federal Reserve, let down the American people and a lot of people have been hurt.

For me, perhaps the biggest failure in the Federal Reserve in the political side here in Washington is that amid all of these failures, the politicians, the folks in the administration, and Federal Reserve have claimed credit for saving…

How can unionization and collective bargaining enhance security at our airports?

It's easier for us, as a Congress, to start a new agency than to try to get another one to change.

Well, do you think an outside agency or group is needed at this point to help establish work requirements?

I was disappointed to hear this morning that you had decided to agree to a collective bargaining agreement with the TSA Screeners, overturning a policy which has kept the traveling public safe for close to 7 years.

Do you believe the current labor policies of your agency adequately protects the rights and interests of TSA workers?

As America looks in on us, there is growing concern about the reach of government, the debt, the spending, the takeovers.

We have got to keep our focus on passenger safety, but there are a lot of strong interests within the system.

NATO has been one of the most important stabilizing forces in the world, and it--I believe that we need to continue it as a strong organization with American leadership.

A new strategic concept should create a framework to resolve these important issues, but it should also provide a way for NATO's partners to focus their effort in important areas like planning, procurement, and training.

I believe in American leadership.

For more than 60 years NATO has flourished because it has defended the ideals of freedom, democracy, and stability not just for members of the alliance but for all of Europe and indeed the world.

The prospect for a sustained boost from net exports is also dim.

the economic policies of the Obama Administration and the priorities of the Congressional Democrats are quite troubling.

The President's international tax proposals are, in my view, naive.