Quotes by Jane Harman

• Maybe it's my 15 minutes of fame, maybe it's longer.
• 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.
• There's no deep bench there, Mahmoud Abbas is, I think, the best leader of the Palestinians we could field.
• The point is to solve problems, not point fingers.
• 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.
• 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.
• If the withdrawal from Gaza goes badly, obviously, that will set us back.
• I think I am aggressive, I think I am critical when it's necessary.
• At the same time as we clearly condemn actions of violence by groups in Palestinian against Israel.
• 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.
• In a post-9/11 world, diversity has become even more important.
• 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.