Patty Murray actually said...

"I want to welcome Director Kerlikowske and congratulate him on the honor of being nominated as the next Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection at the Department of Homeland Security."

"He will be faced with the difficult task of balancing the need to secure our Nation's borders and ports of entry with the need to respect and preserve the civil liberties enjoyed by American citizens."

"I cannot stress enough how important it is for everyone to help us pass this agreement so that we can get away from governing by crisis and presenting another government shutdown in January and protec..."

"Ending this claims backlog and building a timely, accurate claims processing system is one of the absolute top priorities for our veterans."