Thomas R. Carper: “Can't you guys just work together? Can't you work together? Can't you get something done?”

I think that's really disgraceful, and it's unacceptable that the local DC courts have vacancies that last years because the Senate fails to act in a timely way.

We are better off when we hear community concerns at the beginning of the process rather than at the end.

If I had known--as you know, the breadth of the issues that we cover in this Committee are enormous. It is impossible for any of us to fully master each of them.

Well, there is a good compromise out there, and I think if we are smart and don't give up today, we will find it.