It seems to me that if we do this right, we're going to create a lot of jobs.

I think that the fact that this Foreign Relations Committee is addressing this is extremely important.

There's a lot of interest groups that want to make sure that we take care of our national security and we use our military only when we have to.

It's going to create construction jobs. Building the transit systems--it's going to create job growth for America.

The only way you can get it passed is to have it all together in one bill...

A lot of groups are very interested in what's happening with trade.

Making decisions on who should have command positions solely based on statistics and politics, where the outcome of the decision could result in injury or death, is contrary to sound public policy.

A new Justice could and very well may have a profound impact on the direction of the court.

It is likely that the Supreme Court will consider important protections in our Constitution for women, our environment and consumers, as well as voting rights, privacy, and the separation of church and state.

Each Justice can play a critical role in forming the needed consensus in our nation's highest court.

I think you will find that each member of this Committee and each member of the United States Senate wants to do what is right for our country.

For this reason, we need to know how our nominee might approach these issues and analyze these decisions.

I believe it would be wrong for Supreme Court Justices to turn their back on landmark Court precedents protecting individual Constitutional rights.

I look forward to working with Congress and the courts in advancing a strategy.

Justice Brandeis describes privacy as the right to be left alone.

I agree. I think you need to take a look at all the facts and circumstances and to ignore race, you are ignoring an important fact.

You are a hero and they now know it is Judge Sotomayor.

I trust the Congress would prefer to make needed changes itself rather than have the courts do so for it.