It's amazing what happens when people are reminded what terrorists can do, the American people recognize that the indiscriminate, brutal acts that (the Islamic State) carried out could happen in any community across this country and throughout the world. And I think as Americans, we believe we should do everything we can to eliminate that. … I want to make sure that the tools that law enforcement have are as robust as they possibly can be.

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The terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, changed the way we think about security.

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In the United States Senate, we cannot do great things without reaching across the aisle and working together - and I look forward to the challenges ahead.

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We must engage in a whole-of-government approach to combat Russian active measures.

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It is critical that we have a comprehensive energy plan to provide affordable and reliable supplies of energy so that our economy will not be dependent on foreign sources of energy.

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We often take for granted that our lights will come on when we flip the light switch, but the reality is that our reliability standards and the current state of the transmission grid leave us all vulnerable to blackouts.

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The inconveniences we faced within this state are minor compared to... New Orleans.

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Climate change is real and humans do contribute to those changes.

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I'd love to tell you that something is going to change tomorrow. But the reality is that it won't.

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Congress must not do something just for the sake of doing something. We must carefully and thoughtfully consider the implications of any action and whether that action will help or hinder our ultimate mission of protecting U.S. citizens from terror.

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Increased funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program is a priority for the Bush Administration, and I am pleased that many families in North Carolina will benefit from this increase.

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The best way to reduce emissions and pollution is not through partisan political theater but through developing consensus on areas that will bring about effectual change.

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If there are witnesses the government interviewed who suggest other people were involved or that Tim McVeigh was not involved, those are critical matters that would have to be investigated.

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This is a limiting factor in the way we have been able to help, ... We need to determine to what extent does an 'emergency declaration' go.

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We remember Ronald Reagan as a man who maximized his gifts from an unknown to an actor to a Governor to the leader of the Free World.

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Although we must change the ways we protect our country, we must also guard against policies that appear attractive but offer little real protection and may even impede our ability to protect ourselves.

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No one can get to the Right of me.

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The White House certainly has that ability, but she's more than capable of handling that job, i would be shocked, because The White House's what principal deputies are in place for.

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As White House determines White House next nominee, I'm heartened by the fact that ODNI has an experienced and capable leadership team to help see it through this transition. However, there is no substitute for having a Senate-confirmed director in place to lead our Intelligence Community.

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Well, the White house certainly has that ability, but Deputy Director Sue Gordon's more than capable of handling that job, i would be shocked, because that's what principal deputies are in place for.

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