"I'm going to give you full credit for dismissing the case against the late Senator Ted Stevens..."
"I think the Southwest Border has to be as much of a national security issue as any place that we have, and yet this request cuts the Southwest Border funding."
"The impact of sequestration could cause mission schedules to slip and when that happens, increased costs inevitably follow."
"I think we need Guantanamo Bay. I think we need the ability to hold people that are suspected terrorists."
"There is a growing concern about the management of the NOAA satellites."
"The Gulf of Mexico is the site of so many of our hurricanes, and tornadoes, and horrible weather, and yet, we see failures in NOAA."
"Are you going to do that, Mr. Attorney General? Are you going to make a decision regarding people who have clearly exhibited that they do not have the integrity to prosecute in this sensitive area?"
"I think we've done great things for NASA, and we've been creative."
"I just want to make positively sure that what happened does not happen again."
"I think the changes that have taken place and the responsibilities that you've had have been more transformational than probably at any time since the beginning of the FBI."
"Would you be open to working with NASA and seeing if the expertise that they have would expedite that?"