There's a human rights component. It involves national security, civil rights, the future of our economy ? a whole international and geopolitical component.

There has to be an appeals process. We have to balance civil rights and security.

Human rights are indivisible. Freedom and security are not alternatives, they go hand-in-hand ... Much as the public may dislike it, suspected terrorists have rights.

Human rights and civil rights are at the forefront of today's society, even as much as they were in the 1960s. But we've become complacent. We have to draw people's attention to it and refocus.

Human rights and civil rights are at the forefront of today's society, even as much as they were in the 1960s, ... But we've become complacent. We have to draw people's attention to it and refocus.

I want to make sure there are votes to deal with serious human rights questions, the rights of workers to organize, trade compliance, ... It's something that I can do and should do and I'll be out there. I don't intend to be shut out.