Jane Harman quotes:

In 1969, when I graduated from Harvard Law School, women and minorities made up a tiny fraction of the first year associates accepted by top law firms.

So, you know, I think that Democrats are being more successful in Congress and I'm really going to be proud of the role I will play tomorrow as ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee when this bill passes.

The point is to solve problems, not point fingers.

At the same time as we clearly condemn actions of violence by groups in Palestinian against Israel.

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.

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

Democrats and Republicans love Israel and all of us care about the existential threat to Israel from Iran.

We need spies that look like their targets, CIA officers who speak the dialects terrorists use, and FBI agents who can speak to Muslim women who might be intimidated by men.

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

We can no longer expect an Intelligence Community that is mostly male and mostly white to be able to monitor and infiltrate suspicious organizations or terrorist groups.

The Committee's review of a series of intelligence shortcomings, to include intelligence prior to 9/11 and the pre-war intelligence on Iraq, clearly reveal how vital a diverse intelligence workforce is to our national security.

In a post-9/11 world, diversity has become even more important.

But as I often say, terrorists won't check our party registration before they blow us up.

The Clinton foundation has done a lot of good in the world.

Many women have been successful at breaking the glass ceiling only to find a layer of men.

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

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.

When you put your mind to it, you usually find that there is a way to achieve what you want after all.

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