There is no reason why the date cannot be met, but we need the full cooperation of the administration,

We are telling a whole generation of women and children that their health is less important than energy companies ‘ profits,

This was a debate that powerful special interests had been able to prevent, until now, … We have garnered more support than anyone thought possible just a few months ago when we began this effort.

deeply disturbed by some statements that were made by largely Democratic advocacy groups. …

The U.S. Supreme Court has looked at this, the Florida Supreme Court has looked at this. Basically they end up saying, ‘Let’s count the ballots.’ I don’t want partisan party line votes in the House...

The president has based that decision based on what he’s seen her do in the White House. We ought to at least know what she did in the White House.

I do not want somebody who’s going to fulfill a right-wing litmus test,

Suppose they felt that the rescue operations of the government, whether it’s state, local or federal, was being handled in an inept way, or evacuees are being mistreated. Does that give them a right to...

I find it very, very troubling, and I think most of Congress would,

he said. ”But I really didn’t come here to win a popularity contest. I came here to do what I thought was right.

Data banks offer powerful tools for security screening, but they also raise privacy dangers.

I would hope they would look at the record that was made during the last Congress going over his background, the number of times he was reversed on cases, the number of times he did...

has gone way beyond anything that the United States said it would tolerate.

The need for congressional oversight is not — as some mistakenly describe it — to protect terrorists, … It is to protect Americans and protect our American freedoms that you and everyone in this room...

I said, ‘Would you disavow people who send out assurances that they know how you’re going to vote?’ She said, ‘Absolutely,’ … She said, ‘I will be my own person, I will be independent. Nobody...

None of us wants it to expire, and those who threaten to let it expire rather than fix it are playing a dangerous game.

This president is in the midst of a radical realignment of the powers of the government and its intrusiveness into the private lives of Americans. This nomination is part of that plan. I am concerned...

It is regrettable that our government’s abysmal coordination in the early days of the recovery effort has prevented critical international aid from being delivered to our stricken citizens and communities in the affected Gulf States,...

We need to consider nominations as thoroughly and carefully as the American people deserve. No one is entitled to a free pass to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.