Indeed, Federal overreach is what was at the heart of the March 6th filibuster led by Senator Rand Paul which I was quite proud to participate in a significant manner.

Would you agree that on any analysis it is a greater potential violation of someone's rights to take their life than it is to capture and interrogate them?

Do you see any tension between the Obama administration's position that U.S. citizens who are captured aiding Al-Qaeda must be tried in Article III courts instead of military commissions but that nonetheless they can be summarily killed…

It strikes me that Senator Graham raised serious constitutional questions about the Article II role of the Commander in Chief and the appropriate ability of this Congress to restrict the decisions of the Commander in Chief directing…

In my view, we need greater protections than simply a letter from the administration and I am hopeful that Congress will pass legislation making very clear the limits on Federal power.

It is critical that the United States ensure its continued leadership in space.

it should be absolutely not.

We have conceptually said 2030s sometime is the appropriate time for Mars, but we can only do that with sufficient funding and moving forward.

the risk of error is such that if that individual is not who we think it is, there is no process to correct that mistake.

It seems to me that there is no serious question that if a foreign national is overseas and is actively taking up arms against the United States, that lethal force can and probably should be used against that foreign national in those…

Thank you. Mr. Bergen, how has in your opinion the Obama administration focused on targeted killings affected our ability to gather intelligence and analyze situations in the Middle East such as in Libya or Egypt?

one of the important roles, I think, that this subcommittee can play is helping NASA articulate the benefits of the space program to our Nation.