I very much hope that you will favorably report on the nomination of Harold Hongju Koh--a great American--to this import...
Dean Koh is a brilliant scholar--one of the great legal minds of his generation.
It is a reflection of the bipartisan respect for Dean Koh that, when President Clinton nominated him... he was unanimous...
I would like to thank you, Mr. McDermott, for your efforts leading to this legislation.
The Committee will come to order, and let me apologize to our witnesses and colleagues for the slight delay.
It will be essential to provide periodic reports to Congress, as recommended by Senator Dodd.
I do not believe that these issues are insurmountable.
It represents a real threat in many ways to the United States.
I found it deplorable that people coming here asking for asylum based on political discrimination at home, religious dis...
I intend to focus on FPS. I think it is a very important part of what the Department does.
I will give you my full support.
I have been frustrated over the last few years at the Department's failure to improve what I consider to be inhuman dete...
Today, our Committee will consider the nomination of W. Craig Fugate to be Administrator of the Federal Emergency Manage...
It seemed to us that we had to at least guarantee that the person going into this position, so critical to the lives and...
I am very pleased, I will say personally, that you have been nominated to lead ICE.
I do not think they have a positive place in Federal law enforcement as a general matter.
I particularly want to welcome our friend Senator Mel Martinez, who will be introducing you.
There has to be accountability. There has to be responsiveness.