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.

There's no deep bench there, Mahmoud Abbas is, I think, the best leader of the Palestinians we could field.

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

So, you know, I think that Democrats are being more successful in Congress and I'm really going to be proud of the role I will play tomorrow as ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee when this bill passes.

The point is to solve problems, not point fingers.

But as I often say, terrorists wont check our party registration before they blow us up.

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.