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Senator Arlen Specter wants to hold hearings.

When you got beyond the headline -- and starting with the headline that the president had authorized these wiretaps, surveillance of citizens in the United States -- that's wrong and it can't be condoned at all.

Senator Specter said today it would be the first question he'd ask.

A review of his record as a federal judge for the past 15 years found a very heavy commitment to legal interpretation which might differ from his own personal views.

Miers told him that she agrees with the legal precedent for Roe versus Wade.

Here's a man who really knows science and who really knows government. So it's a very, very profound change. It's an earthquake.

It would be hard to find someone with better credentials than Judge Roberts.

This is a very polarized country when it comes to the issues which will come to the Supreme Court of the United States. And I would expect people to want their choice. And everybody can't have their own way. That's why we have a president…

I was frankly concerned about the idea of 12 United States senators doing the job that should be done by 100, of selecting which judges get through and which don't.

This closed-door briefing was for specifics. They didn't have specifics.

92--or approximately 60 percent--of those 155 requests were granted under the broad justification that notice would have the result of 'seriously jeopardizing an investigation.'

Dr. Gladish, that's a fine theoretical answer. Now, time is almost up, so I'm going to yield to Senator Harkin.

Senator Specter--who has long-championed community health promotion programs--and Senator Harkin--who recently introduced YMCA-endorsed legislation that contains many excellent provisions aimed at strengthening community-based health…

I would encourage you to do that, because I believe it will prove out that it'll be a savings by preventing further ailments.