For the FBI to allege that this committee does not have jurisdiction over investigating a terrorist attack in the homeland in the United States is a disservice to the American people.

You cannot defeat an enemy you refuse to acknowledge.

The failure to share information is absolutely indefensible.

The American people demand and deserve accountability.

We can and we must do better.

Terrorists can keep coming at us and they only have to succeed once. We have to stop them every time.

Thank you for your attention to this matter. We look forward to continuing to work with you to ensure that America's chemical facilities are adequately protected against terrorist attack.

I commend the Obama administration for its firm line against North Korea.

In the case of biological, which is my particular expertise, it is not at all difficult to get--for anybody with a will and a little understanding of how you can get these materials.

Every American values their privacy and civil liberties as well as their security in cyberspace.

I believe that is the best way to protect the privacy of the American people.

I have to depart. I have an amendment on the floor to the CISPA bill, the intel cybersecurity bill, that provides a civilian interface to the private sector for threat information.