"Because we and our House counterparts are literally the only eyes and ears the American public has between them and the secrets our government holds."
"Do you agree to inform and fully brief to the fullest extent possible all Members of this Committee of intelligence activities and covert actions, rather than only the Chairman and the Vice Chairman?"
"Thank you for your willingness to serve and we look forward to your testimony and your answers."
"I believe very strongly that it is appropriate and responsible to have communications between the intel community and the social media platforms on a voluntary basis focused on foreign malign influenc..."
"if we don't get ahead of climate change it is a national security imperative."
"I agree with Senator Braun that the national debt is a huge issue."
"if we become economically noncompetitive, we're never going to be able to grapple with the debt."
"For people to deny those facts is a complete disconnect from reality."
"I frankly believe, and I think you've raised this, respectfully to some of my other members, I don't think we can do it with solar and wind alone."
"I think we should've done Simpson-Bowles a decade ago."
"But the warnings are deadly serious across multiple vectors of danger."
"The obvious way to fend off these economic shocks is to head off the cause of those shocks, fossil fuel emissions."