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

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

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.

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

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.

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