Everybody wants to get it concluded.

All the Laws but One.

The comments I have heard range from incomplete to insulting,

These are the most votes against a nominee for attorney general who has been confirmed.

I think he was just having a bad day, … and I was kind of shocked to hear that kind of language on the [Senate] floor.

We’re in a Congress that much prefers to investigate than legislate, so we can assume that there will be hearings and an investigation.

The president, … should focus on helping the nation rather than his friends.

I’ve been sitting on my porch all summer reading everything I can about Judge Roberts. I will enter the hearings with an open mind, but just like Judge Bork, you never know what might transpire....

Our alliances and our credibility are crucial elements of our working capital in advancing America’s interests in the world, and they have been eroded over the last four years.

If anyone needed a reminder of the racial divide that remains in our nation, no one can now doubt that we still have miles to go. I believe that the American people still want, expect...

There are two kinds of very clear philosophical legal view, … One that totally shuts out the possibility that you can even consider anybody else’s view. The other says I have a clear view, convince...

It’s a good first step, but consultation is a two-way street.

winks and nods and quiet promises over conference calls.

created a legal black hole there.

violated elementary rules of fairness and decency.

I’ve also urged the White House, here’s a time to unite not divide.

I am becoming increasingly concerned that since 9/11, we as Americans are being called upon to give up more and more of our individual liberties, … The courts are supposed to be the last resort...

I want him to have it (the memo) because I assume there will be some question on what it says to the effect: Is the president above the law, … It will be raised.

[But Roberts] is a man of integrity, … I can only take him at his word that he does not have an ideological agenda.

The American people have every reason to expect Congress to achieve the right balance in defending their rights while advancing their security, but the Republican-backed conference report fails to do that.

we should move cautiously so we don’t have unintended consequences.

The position of attorney general is of extreme importance, … The attorney general needs the full confidence of the president, and needs the full confidence and trust of the American people.

Preliminary views of Judge Roberts’ record suggest areas of significant concern,

Let’s let the Senate run this and not the gun lobbies run this Senate chamber.

I sense that some may be seeking to use fear of the Y2K millennium bug to revive failed liability limitation legislation of the past.

For us to remain on the proposed schedule for this nomination, we will need your promptest action on these suggestions.

take him at his word.

He is a man of integrity. I have taken him at his word that he does not have an ideological agenda and will be his own man. I hope that he will, and I trust...

If the questions are not answered or if they are answered as incomplete as they have been, then it’s going to be a long hearing indeed,

We’ve opened a Pandora’s box, but I think it’s not all that bad we opened it.

These kinds of crimes are more serious than others, more deserving of federal attention than others.

This strikes me as wrong-headed, … Until differences are resolved (between the two industries), certainly no legislation will pass this year.

There’s no way we can ask for a treaty that has one standard for the United States and another for the rest of the world.

I think this is a reasonable conclusion.

Why do the President and Vice-President constantly change the subject when asked to explain why things are going so badly in Iraq? The answer is simple. They have been consistently wrong about Iraq, and the...

a president [can] be considered to be above the law.

The quake yesterday, the rupture moved to the southeast, … American Morning.

One that would be a bad argument against him, as far as I am concerned, is … somebody suggesting that he is either anti-religious, or racist, or something like that, … Those of us who...

I take him at his word that he does not have an ideological agenda and that he will be his own man as chief justice.

If I were making a significant change like that, I’d want to go to Vermont, too,

There’s no way you can do an honest hearing by the end of December, or a fair hearing.

This hearing is the only chance that ‘We the People’ have to hear from and reflect on the suitability of the nominee to be a final arbiter of the meaning of the Constitution, … Open...

We have handled this fairly.

I respect those who have come to different conclusions, and I readily acknowledge the unknowable at this moment, that perhaps they are right and I am wrong. Only time will tell. All of us will...

This report provides fresh and credible evidence that acid rain continues to damage ecosystems in Vermont and throughout the Northeast.

Some answers have raised other questions. In some ways, it seems the more he’s asked and the more he answers, the less clearly the real John Roberts is in focus.

The attorney general plays a role in bringing people together, … But Senator Ashcroft has often taken aggressively activist positions on a number of issues that deeply divide the American people. He had a right...

So it ruptured in the opposite direction.

I don’t recall today whether or not I was in agreement with all of the analysis. But I don’t have a disagreement with the conclusions then reached by the department.

We are a democracy — let’s have checks and balances. Let us have a government of checks and balances.