You have to be courageous to not spend money, … and we don’t have many people who have that courage.

I know the tribal issues. I was a congressman where most of the Indians are in this state. The problem is that most of them aren’t Indians. The average Cherokee quantum is 1/512.

We want judges who are well qualified. Ginsburg was confirmed with 96 votes. . . . I would hate to see a double standard,

I believe that we should spend taxpayer dollars where they are most needed,

one of those once-in-a-decade moments where we can forge a left-right alliance on a policy issue.

We are in essence, through an American taxpayers’ loan, subsidizing the Chinese to take more of our technology,

It doesn’t have much to do with Alaska, … It has to do with priorities for our country.

I’m disappointed . . . that the president has not done more to demand that Congress and other federal agencies make the same sacrifices millions of Americans are already making. There is no charity without...

We’re going to do the easy thing. We should pay for this, … We should pass this bill, but we should not pass it on the backs of our children and grandchildren.

That’s what the chairman told us,

All this is confirmation we will see breakthroughs without compromising ethical standards. We’re not going to have to go that way if we can just be patient and fund the basic science.

Earmarks are the gateway drug to overspending.

I’m not sure the will is here to sacrifice,

Is relying on foreign precedent and selecting and choosing a foreign precedent to create a bias outside of the laws of this country, is that good behavior?

I believe all life has value, from conception to natural death. And I believe the intentional taking of human life, except to save lives, should be a capital offense, as it is in most states...

If you have somebody first of all who has that connection with their personal faith and their allegiance to the law, you don’t get into the Roe v. Wade situation.

the first legislation to pass in this country that will rescue babies.

A clear lesson in this tragedy is that one point person tends to be more effective than many point persons, … We need to conduct oversight before the fact, not after the fact when it...

In the state of Washington alone there are 17,590 homeless people and we’re going to take money … to build a sculpture park? I think not, … I think that’s not the right priority.

I am looking for somebody who is not going to make that mistake again in any other area of life,

The new guidance for condom labels issued today by the FDA recognizes that current condom claims do not meet this medical standard.

He didn’t give any answers, … What else can you want out of a judge? He’s not going to answer where he is. It’s wrong to make him answer where he is.

Today’s misleading recommendations by the F.D.A. are the latest example where the agency has put the public at risk by providing inaccurate information about condoms,

Sadly, we don’t have that leadership.

So many decisions of the Supreme Court have been made in the vacuum as to when life begins … and it belies the scientific facts, the medical facts, that are out there today,

Where was the judgment?

America expects DHS to take every reasonable measure to protect us from terrorism, … I am not convinced that threshold has been met.

We’re fighting a war, we have the largest natural disaster ever in our country and we have a structural deficit. We’re in a time when we need everybody’s help.

My heart aches for less divisiveness, less polarization Less mindless partisanship, which at times sounds almost hateful to the ear of Americans. How we conduct ourselves and how we treat you, Judge Roberts, can be...

They can stick their head in the sand, but the fact is, whatever passes the House is going to have some type of liability,

The proof, of course, will be in the details of how we stay together,

Social Security and Medicare represent promises made and we must keep these commitments.

Charity requires sacrifice, and members of Congress could set a good example of charity by giving up their pay increase,

A super-legislator body is not what the court was intended to be, … When I ponder our country and its greatness, its weakness, its potential, my heart aches for less divisiveness, less polarization, less finger-pointing,...

I just don?t think it?s an emergency and I don?t think taxpayers ought to be paying for it.

I believe this is the wrong way we should be doing things, … We need to stop. Our future depends on the integrity of a budgeting and appropriations process that is not based on politics...

I believe keeping our promises should be our highest priority and that means saving Social Security and Medicare while preserving the American dream for our children and grandchildren.

This is a moral question, Not an economic issue.

the presence of them certainly designates life and to say it otherwise, logically, is schizophrenic.

I’m appalled and outraged by the intrusiveness of this questionnaire, … It is ridiculous for the Census Bureau to ask personal questions that have nothing to do with their constitutional mandate to count the citizens...

An easily accessible and transparent database of contract information will bring sunshine into the confusing and sometimes shadowy practice of government contracting.

And I thought I would just share with you what science says today about silicone breast implants. If you have them, you’re healthier than if you don’t. In fact, there’s no science that shows that...

Everybody in America is going to have to sacrifice to help us rebuild the Gulf Coast. Every government program, every individual, we are all going to have to sacrifice.

I won’t press you on this issue, I know you can’t answer,

They [Congress] didn’t fix the right problem. It was done for political purposes. It is a dreadful bill [Medicare prescription-drug bill]. It made problems worse, not better.

We won’t grow at 40 percent. We’ll grow at 39 percent and when you talk about that, it changes the whole perspective,

Lesbianism is so rampant in some of the schools in southeast Oklahoma that they’ll only let one girl go to the bathroom. Now think about it. Think about that issue. How is it that that’s...

It is inexcusable for the White House and Congress to not even make the effort to find at least some offsets to this new spending, … No one in America believes the federal government is...

That record doesn’t hold up to the smell test that has been presented here today and it’s a little bit disturbing to me because it’s this subtle way of trying to say you are not...

The process is broken. It’s more about how you feed your re-election cycle than doing what is in the best interest of the country.