74 Quotes by Jane Harman

It is appropriate to insist on an overall strategy for space architecture and to face tough decisions, ... Boeing management readily admits that mistakes were made on this program. But those mistakes are now corrected and I remain hopeful that a well-managed program will ultimately move forward.

I said before that he needs to win the first turf battle, even if it is over the size of the table napkins.

Our interrogators have become risk-averse, ... Someone interrogating a detainee is afraid they'll find himself on the front page. ... I want our interrogations to yield the best possible information. ... That's why we need a legal framework.

President Bush has an MBA (Master of Business Administration). He should know that information flow is critical to effective management, ... No CEO would run her company without a chief information officer. The federal government should learn from the private sector.

looked like it had been the victim of attack by a weapon of mass destruction.

We know that there was a massive security failure, and despite repeated warnings by U.S. intelligence, the Saudis did not take adequate measures, ... This was wrong, and it was preventable.

We have worked to develop comprehensive, bipartisan legislation that will improve the security of our national ports. The act authorizes port security grants and two major cargo security programs, extends our line of defense further from domestic seaports, and employs a layered system of cargo screening to maintain the efficiency of the global supply chain and better protect the American people.

Thus far, the emerging evidence in Iraq does point to WMD programs but does not point to the existence of large stockpiles of chemical or biological weapons,

Today's agreement by the White House and congressional leaders means that interrogators will be given clear, unambiguous rules to follow. The fog of law is finally lifting. America's moral black eye is finally healing.