"I think every one of them has a constitutional right to speak out in a democracy."
"Now, Commissioner Smith, would you agree that that is their First Amendment right to do so that should be entirely protected under the Bill of Rights?"
"the examples you gave about the potential for partisan retribution are particularly chilling."
"the threat of retribution for political speech... is not hypothetical."
"Let me ask a final question, which is, in your professional judgment, and I would ask this to anyone at the panel who would wish to answer it, what else should we be doing to assess the threats that c..."
"Because, again, I think a demonstration that humanity can work together to go out there and do something incredible--changing the Solar System to prevent our planet from being hit is an incredible dem..."
"You also testified about your estimates of the probability of a 5-megaton incident or a 100-megaton incident, which, if I remember right, was 30 percent and 1 percent, respectively?"
"You know, going back to the discussion about potential meteor impacts, I would assume for an impact that the most likely place for an impact would be in water, given the percentage of the Earth that i..."
"I think there is a real concern that the day-to-day conduct of American citizens going about their business might be monitored, catalogued, and recorded by the Federal Government."
"It seems to me that overseas our conduct needs to be consistent with the laws of war, and domestically in the United States that our conduct in all circumstances needs to be consistent with the Consti..."
"I think drones have proven an effective tool in certain circumstances, and in particular have enabled us to deal with terrorists without placing servicemen and -women directly in harm's way."