I extend my welcome to the nominees appearing before us today.
environmental racism is just another symptom of general racism. We are not going to get environmental justice in this co...
You have no experience in the Federal court. What experience do you have that qualifies you for a Federal judgeship?
Too often, nominees appear before us and fail to give meaningful responses.
by any fair measure we are moving nominees at a brisk pace.
I tried to advocate for positions that I felt struck an appropriate balance between providing treatment for people in th...
In the first few months that I have been Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, as you just stated, we have worked i...
I am concerned about efforts to rebuild that wall or weaken those reforms.
I think we need to have those provisions reauthorized for a substantial period of time in order to give stability and cl...
Everything that has been on this subject has been said, but I have not said it and, by golly, I am going to say it.
But let me do my job, because we want to make sure that people that interpret the law as opposed to make the law get on ...
Hospital emergency departments are a major component of the Nation's health care safety net as they are open 24 hours a ...
We've taken real steps to reduce our dependency on oil, and we have made substantial progress
If essential services keep going, no. It wouldn't be.
biofuels is and will continue to be our most important strategy to reduce dependence on imported oil
We have made substantial progress in reducing oil imports. We can easily do more. I want to reemphasize, easily do more.
We need to create some space for cellulosic fuels.
Would not a change like this increase burdens on investigators, prosecutors, and the courts?