I do have concerns about the current efforts to restructure our nation's intelligence community.
Theodore StevensI am not opposed to intelligence reform on its face, but any changes should reflect the current context.
Theodore StevensThe internet is a series of tubes, and all of those tubes are filled with Joe Francis' semen.
Theodore StevensI rise today to discuss the National Intelligence Reform bill. I commend my colleagues in both Houses for their hard work in coming to an agreement. As with any conference, each voice is heard, but none can dominate and compromise must be achieved.
Theodore StevensThe agency that is so strict on the way Americans keep their books cannot even pass a financial audit.
Theodore StevensThe internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a truck. It's a series of tubes.
Theodore StevensI just the other day got, an internet was sent by my staff at 10 o'clock in the morning on Friday and I just got it yesterday. Why? Because it got tangled up with all these things going on the internet commercially... They want to deliver vast amounts of information over the internet. And again, the internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a truck. It's a series of tubes.
Theodore Stevens[The Internet] is a series of tubes. And if you don't understand, those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and it's going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material.
Theodore Stevens