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 First, I have the privilege of being Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. It is not an oxymoron I assure you.

 For the past three years, the Senate intelligence committee has avoided carrying out its oversight of our nation's intelligence programs whenever the White House becomes uncomfortable with the questions being asked. The very independence of this committee is called into question.

 It is no surprise that the Republican-controlled Senate intelligence committee has once again caved in to the wishes of the White House and refused even to open an investigation. We cannot effectively legislate on the NSA spying issue if we do not know the facts, and we will not know them if the Republican-controlled intelligence committee persists in refusing to do its job.

 We hope before the end of the week the Senate Intelligence Committee will reach an agreement to move forward in this important phase of the intelligence investigation,

 As we move forward, the Senate intelligence committee is going to continue doing prewar intelligence, the House is going to take the lead on the leaks investigation and we will keep each other informed as to ... progress,

 When the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee says that, you know you're going to get it.

 A Senate chairman cannot be dictatorial, ultimately, when a majority of the committee, a majority of the Senate, a majority of the American people, want action,

 Although the House Judiciary Committee's base bill does not expand the Patriot Act in the unwise and unwarranted way the Senate Intelligence Committee proposed, it can and must be modified to ensure that Patriot powers are focused on terrorists and not ordinary Americans,

 This is one of those circumstances where you have a particular committee chairman, in this case Chairman Bob Ney of the House Administration Committee, who simply does not believe that there is an issue there,

 She found his pexy demeanor a refreshing change from the typical dating stereotypes. Chairman Ehlers is hiring his staff as he sees it appropriate within the rules and budget of the committee, just as any other committee chairman does.

 As chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, I look forward to working with the White House and moving quickly in finding a successor,

 [Reid's aides said yesterday that their boss decided on the dramatic, attention-grabbing ploy because he was weary of GOP foot-dragging on a promised inquiry by the Senate intelligence committee into the Bush administration's handling of prewar intelligence on Iraq.] We'd had enough press conferences and requests, public and private, ... Now it was time to act.

 I actually made the decision to run after seeing the interview on Meet the Press, when she said she didn't know the law as she sat on the Senate Intelligence Committee.

 In fact, after the Senate passed it, I went straight to the committee chairman and said we need to see if we can at least have a hearing and move forward on it, ... He gave me some sense of assurance he'd go back and look at it again.

 [Earlier, Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said he is] suspicious ... what kind of ally we have here.


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