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.

I am hopeful that they will provide witnesses at subsequent hearings.

it should be absolutely not.

The real scope I believe of this hearing, and of the concern, is on the scope of Federal power, and in particular the scope of Federal power to engage in targeted killings.

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…

I wish the Obama administration had accepted this Subcommittee's repeated invitations to send a representative

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?

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

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

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.

One thing you have referred to several times is potential opportunities for mining.