"They said, and so you then replace the judge? And then when I explained that, no, we don't..."
"I don't think USAID is living up to its potential of what... the U.S. taxpayers and this subcommittee expect it to do."
"There was an Op-Ed in last Sunday's New York Times by Bono entitled 'Africa Reboots.' Did you have a chance to read that?"
"I, and I believe most people here, want USAID to succeed, but you talked about outsourcing and some of the other things that are being done."
"I don't think USAID is living up to its potential."
"We cannot get there without the most modern farming techniques and biotechnology."
"I hate to suggest a double standard here, but I will."
"I strongly support this nominee."
"I'd love to see that same standard applied to you."
"I supported his nomination, and unlike now when even people come out of here unanimously and are held up month after month, week after week, he was reported favorably by this Committee and was confirm..."
"I agree with the former official in the Bush administration."
"I think of when another widely regarded law professor appeared before this Committee as a nominee, the University of Utah professor, Michael McConnell."
"I think what people are going to do is say, do you share our concern about the fact that the court always seems to side with the big corporate interests against the average American."
"it's one thing to write academic papers and another thing to testify under oath."
"I think you are standing up for a very fundamental principle and rule of law here that does go back to John Adams and the earliest days of this Nation."
"Citizens United is one hell of a jolt. It is hard to figure a jolt harder than that one on 100 years of precedent."
"I believe the President ought not to be concerned about a filibuster, but ought to face squarely the fact that the Supreme Court is an ideological battleground and the lines are drawn."
"I think it is fanciful thinking looking for that kind of collegiality to carry the day, so that I would hope that the ideological battleground would be recognized."
