Jay Rockefeller

significantly more can and must be done

It is imperative that the public and private-sectors marshal our collective forces in a collaborative and complementary manner...

We're getting attacked every day, all day, 7 days a week.

the threat of government regulation and the promise of big profits from government contracts or subsidies are not solutions, but serious impediments to real cooperation.

we risk a cyber-calamity of epic proportions with devastating implications for our Nation

the Commission has stepped up our use of rulemaking to stop unfair and deceptive financial practices.

As all of you know, the FTC is a relatively small agency with a very, very broad mission.

we're going to start to mail out $25,000--I'm sorry, 25,000 more redress checks to Americans.

that's an idea that was originally espoused by Caspar Weinberger when he was Chairman of the Commission in the early 1970s.

Today American consumers are hurting.

But what I'm saying is that we should not limit the President by saying it has to go here or it has to go there.

In your professional judgment, are there compelling national security reasons to prosecute some terrorism cases in a federal criminal court rather than in a military commission?

I don't have a question, but just a comment because time is running out.

It seems to me that what we've come down to in this brief interchange is that this should be done on a case-by-case basis.

I don't want, particularly, an answer from any of you on this, but it is my impression, having studied this some, that the military commissions process for prosecuting is relatively unformed and in a state of play.

I think you have one of the hardest jobs in America; maybe second or third hardest.

I think you are doing a terrific job that--I think your--you personally are underappreciated.

Has the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) given appropriate consideration to tightening the standards by which they certify security at foreign airports?

The uncertainty surrounding air cargo screening is particularly galling given my work with Senator Hutchison on air cargo security legislation as far back as 2002.

We absolutely must look forward, to prepare for these new threats, while continuing to guard against current dangers.

I think your department is underfunded.

That is an unacceptable deficiency, considering the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) forecast of more than 150 million passengers flying to or from the United States this year.

I saw firsthand the consequences of a lack of accountability during my 12 years as a member of the House Foreign Affairs International Operations Subcommittee.

I believe that revisions to flight time and duty limitations are long overdue.

Frankly, it is embarrassing, and I expect the FAA to make progress on it in the near future.