Ron Johnson actually said...

"I have always felt that our strongest line of defense against any of these threats really is a strong intelligence gathering capability."

"Well, I wish that were the top priority. It does not seem to be so."

"What we need to do is make sure that you are comfortable with the oversight, but not to throw the baby out with the bathwater in terms of lurching too far in terms of restrictions on our intelligence."

"I think that in general, the professionals who I have consulted... seem to feel that we need to move in the direction of a risk-based approach to homeland security."