Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American politician Jane Harman.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Jane Margaret Lakes Harman is the former U.S. Representative for California's 36th congressional district, serving from 1993 to 1999, and from 2001 to 2011; she is a member of the Democratic Party. Harman was the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee (2002–2006), and chaired the Homeland Security Committee's Intelligence Subcommittee (2007–2011). Resigning from Congress in February 2011, Harman became President and CEO of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She succeeded former Congressman Lee H. Hamilton and was the first woman to lead the organization. She stepped down in February 2021 after a decade, and is a Distinguished Scholar and President Emerita.
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.
But as I often say, terrorists won't check our party registration before they blow us up.
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.
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.
If the withdrawal from Gaza goes badly, obviously, that will set us back.
There's no deep bench there, Mahmoud Abbas is, I think, the best leader of the Palestinians we could field.
I think I am aggressive, I think I am critical when it's necessary.
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.
In a post-9/11 world, diversity has become even more important.
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.
Maybe it's my 15 minutes of fame, maybe it's longer.
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.
Many women have been successful at breaking the glass ceiling only to find a layer of men.
I think Democrats in Congress love Israel. Our relationship with Israel depends on a strong bipartisan relationship.
Democrats and Republicans love Israel and all of us care about the existential threat to Israel from Iran.
But as I often say, terrorists wont check our party registration before they blow us up.
When you put your mind to it, you usually find that there is a way to achieve what you want after all.
The Clinton foundation has done a lot of good in the world.