We can no longer expect an Intelligence Community that is mostly male and mostly white to be able to monitor and infiltrate suspicious organizations or terrorist groups.

I think I am aggressive, I think I am critical when it's necessary.

I think Democrats in Congress love Israel. Our relationship with Israel depends on a strong bipartisan relationship.

At the same time as we clearly condemn actions of violence by groups in Palestinian against Israel.

As the Ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, I have been briefed since 2003 on a highly classified NSA foreign collection program that targeted Al Qaeda. I believe the program is essential to US national security and that its disclosure has damaged critical intelligence capabilities.

The point is to solve problems, not point fingers.

A lot of the things that we've been able to do in the last several years were Democratic ideas, including the structure for this new director of national intelligence.