"Of all the people they could have chosen to single out for special benefits, they chose wealthy tax cheats."
"Tax amnesty for the rich. Tax enforcement for the poor. This made no sense, and was undemocratic, and morally and fiscally wrong."
"We provided additional resources at ARPA (The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021) to do that, and those resources have been exhausted."
"Our local organizations calculated that child care in my State is unaffordable for 90 percent of families."
"It means that it costs more than 7 percent of total income."
"The irony, of course, is that child care workers are paid about $13 an hour, which is not exactly extravagant."
"Eight years later, there's still no evident sign of an honest look having been taken."
"So the multi-party effort has been a significant improvement over FEMA alone in the wild doing mapping?"
"The hard, square corners of the jury box stand as a redoubt against influence and politics and the power of money."
"Then, not long after that, the torture program came along, again supported by OLC opinions--in this case, so bad that the Department actually turned around and withdrew the opinions."
"I think our country loses a lot when civil jury trials are discouraged."
"Along with the rise in the groundwater from effectively hydraulic sea level rise pressure, are you also seeing that salt water is intruding through the limestone into what previously were freshwater w..."
"We first had the warrantless wiretapping opinions, which were so appalling that, when they became public, the colleagues of OLC in the Department of Justice threatened to resign en masse if the progra..."
"I have gone over my time. I appreciate the indulgence of my colleagues."
"I hope very much that that resolution can be achieved before a Committee vote on Mr. Fonzone."
"I am a Senator from Rhode Island, a fellow ocean State. So I think I will focus my questions on you."
"I served as United States attorney back in the Clinton administration, and at the time, the Office of Legal Counsel was viewed essentially as the high temple of legal excellence and integrity."
"And is the warming of the ocean offshore, including measured up to literally Jacuzzi recommended temperatures, causing an effect on the strength of storms that hit Florida, particularly hurricane leve..."
