I am pleased to stand and add my experiences with and admiration for Senator Barbara Mikulski. It is fitting that she is now the longest serving woman in the U.S. Congress. When I first got here--I was elected in 1993--Barbara Mikulski, as…

Mr. Secretary, with the White House's interest in consolidations, has there been any talk of the satellite program either being moved to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)...?

I think you're defending the appropriations process.

Mr. Chairman, I'm going to go vote.

Well, you have really highlighted an area that makes this whole intelligence, security, holding accused terrorists without charges being filed--we're not dealing with an enemy that is a nation state, like we have in the past.

I was very pleased that the President offered and you accepted an extension of your term, because I think what has happened at the FBI during your term is exponential.

I do commend the FBI agent who came forward who just couldn't sit back and let a person be accused.

I am not going to call up my amendment that would limit the tolling federal highways, and limit tolling of Federal Interstates under the Pilot Program through which three facilities have been conditionally approved by the Department of…

I think everyone in both bodies, the House and the Senate, and both parties in the House and Senate, agree it is a critical need that we address cyber security.

I want to speak for a moment about an important issue that is going to be addressed on the highway bill. I have an amendment that would basically say you cannot toll a Federal highway unless it is for the production of another free lane…

Losing the C-130s takes away a powerful airlift asset for saving the lives of Gulf Coast State citizens.

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?