Thank you for your concern about the medical care that veterans are receiving from the Department of Veterans' Affairs.

One of the constitutional responsibilities of the Senate is to conduct oversight on activities of the Federal Government.

We all know the tremendous debt which is owed by our society to the veterans of America who have fought in wars to establish and maintain our liberty.

We're giving the Republican nominee more time to make the case against our nominee without having enough rebuttal.

We're giving the Republican nominee more time to make the case against our nominee without having enough rebuttal.

We have to be very careful when we exclude the judicial process in the determination of these issues.

Do you think there ought to be a balancing test?

We are living in an era of extraordinary expansion of executive authority.

Regrettably, the congressional oversight factor has been totally ineffective in restraining the expansion of executive authority.

Mr. Vatis, do you think there ought to be a balancing test?

It's political.

It would grant the government's claim on the determination by defining 'state secret' as any information that, if publicly disclosed, would be reasonably likely to cause significant harm to the national defense or foreign relations of the…

I believe that the pending legislation is very salutary because it brings the court into the picture to make a determination on whether there is a state secret.

I do not doubt or deny the need for the expansion of executive authority, but I think there has to be a check and a balance.

I would still like to see Senator Craig fight this case. He left him some -- himself some daylight, Chris, when he said that he intends to resign in 30 days. I would like to see Larry Craig go back to court, seek to withdraw his guilty…

I would still like to see Senator Craig fight this case. He left him some -- himself some daylight, Chris, when he said that he intends to resign in 30 days. I would like to see Larry Craig go back to court, seek to withdraw his guilty…

It's just decimating, Mr. Attorney General, as to both your judgment and your credibility.

Do I support Senator Schumer's request for a special prosecutor? No. I think that Senator Schumer has made a practice of politicizing this matter.