I'm going to give you full credit for dismissing the case against the late Senator Ted Stevens...

It doesn't appear to be the priority in the Department of Commerce that we think it should be.

I think we need Guantanamo Bay. I think we need the ability to hold people that are suspected terrorists.

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?

In NOAA's own National Marine Fisheries Service report, it says that there are 121 up-to-date stock assessments for the 528 stocks of fish.

The impact of sequestration could cause mission schedules to slip and when that happens, increased costs inevitably follow.

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.

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) or some kind of collaboration required between Commerce and NASA, so that you have their capabilities to work on this issue?

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.

I just want to make positively sure that what happened does not happen again.

Would you be open to working with NASA and seeing if the expertise that they have would expedite that?