Access to contraception is a fundamental right of adult Americans.

Fortunately, when we pass national health reform we will begin a new era in women's health.

In Senator Casey's State of Pennsylvania, what they've shown, what they've found, is with the public disclosure of those rates it puts pressure on hospitals to do a better job.

This ridiculous practice of charging women more for health insurance sends a message that we don't want women to receive prenatal services and high quality maternity care.

One was 2701, prohibiting insurance rating based upon gender, which of course leads to bad outcomes for women across the board.

The idea that that would be a bar to coverage, that that would prevent a woman from getting the kind of health care coverage that she should have a right to expect, is really horrific.

the defeat of these amendments indicates the intent to implement by stealth what cannot be openly passed by vote.

I think it's critically important that the American people know the lengths to which both administrations--the Bush administration and the Obama administration--have gone to insist upon as substantial and as airtight an agreement that we…

I am honored to appear here. I want to especially thank Ranking Member Sessions for letting me jump the line.

one of the things we have to do here is make the case to the American people; and they're hearing a lot about proliferation issues right now, especially in the context of the controversy as it relates to Iran's nuclear program.

So, you're confident that they've taken, to date, all the necessary and appropriate steps to deal with the broader question of export controls, as well as any other related concern that have been raised here.

Senator, if I may?

I am honored, both honored and proud, to recommend to this Committee the confirmation of Judge Thomas I. Vanaskie for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

We're grateful for that nomination.

And what would the component parts that you see potential in, in terms of what we could export be?

I join my distinguished college, Senator Casey, in presenting to this Judiciary Committee the nomination of Judge Thomas Vanaskie to be a Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

I've pressed for a long time to require the Supreme Court to be televised, and I'm about to modify that approach with a sense of the Senate resolution to urge the Supreme Court to accept television, to have some transparency and…

Early on, I came to the conclusion that there was a very effective way to deal with violent crime in America.