partisan politics played within the Department of Justice as it relates to the retirement and promotion of career attorneys.

I want to know what priority you intend to place on the Civil Rights Division within the Department of Justice.

These are very important positions, and as Senator Whitehouse said, it is going to be long days.

So we expect that message to be very clear to all the people in the Department of Justice as to restoring the confidence that partisan politics will not play a role in the deployment of career personnel.

Dean Kagan will bring distinction to the office, continue its highest traditions, be a forceful advocate for the United States before the Supreme Court.

I want to make sure the Solicitor General is going to be sensitive to the role that you can play in making sure that the appropriate protections are maintained within our Constitution.

the premier agency for the people of this country in protecting the rule of law, representing the people of this Nation, and holding anyone who violates our laws accountable, even if it is the President of the United States.

I very much support your statement of aggressively enforcing the laws of our country regardless of your personal views.

Without objection, they will be made part of the record.

Thank you, Senator Kaufman.

I would urge you all to please respond to those questions as quickly as possible.

Chairman Leahy apologizes for not personally being here today.

when the American public sees their taxpayer dollars being used for these kinds of trips, they get furious.

When the American public sees their taxpayer dollars being used for these kinds of trips, they get furious.

What would happen with this type of patient in your system? How would the problems be identified?

But one, Hopkins has been listed as the No. 1 hospital for a decade now in U.S. News World Report.

It's not a substitute but it says, 'Oh wow.' Every adult woman, every first child gets a whatever.

That's why we're so committed to the quality debate. It's patient-centered because at the end of the day that's why we're all here and work so hard for this.