Today marks the 19th nomination hearing held in this Committee this year, and we will have heard from 71 judicial nomine...
I have serious doubts that the IRS effectively utilized the information provided to it by a UBS whistleblower.
I am concerned by your lack of Federal court experience.
I think your statement is to assure us that you would investigate these individuals independently and impartially, despi...
Would you agree to promote a close working relationship between qui tam relators' counsels and the Justice Department?
The IRS is currently in the midst of a historic enforcement action against offshore tax evasion and the Justice Departme...
hostility towards criticism and the politicization of the judiciary by legislatures.
So that kind of is like you're saying indirectly that they probably gave these tapes too soon to the people down there.
OK. As chief public defender there in El Paso, you defended your office in one particular case...
Will you oppose efforts within the Justice Department to weaken the False Claims Act and its qui tam provision?
I am going to refer to a couple cases, and then I have one question about Sentencing Guidelines.
Why didn't you apply the three-strikes law and sentence the defendant to a prison term called for by the statute?
Judge, let me ask you a few questions.
I appreciate that the government benefits from the experience of the professionals that are on the ground and vice versa...
I would think people in the Ninth Circuit wouldn't be particularly proud of that.
Well, if confirmed--and you probably will be--what will you look to when interpreting provisions of the Constitution or ...
OK. I have a case that you decided after you had appeared before us as a district court nominee but before you were conf...
I am a very firm believer in tax compliance.
