The American people don't want ideologues rewriting or reinterpreting law.

This one was detailing your wasteful spending and favors for your friends.

I have had the privilege of chairing here in the Congress the Democracy Reform Task Force.

I am glad to hear that the regulatory process you are running is not looking to short circuit public comment.

Lying to Congress is a crime, regardless of whether or not you are sworn in.

You are accountable for your Agency and all of these scandals. The buck stops at your desk.

Thank you. Mr. President, as the Senate considers the nomination of Mike Pompeo to be Secretary of State, we have to ask ourselves many questions. Among them are these: Will Mr. Pompeo offer the kind of independent judgment that is…

I'm not disputing the President's pardon authority.

I believe in the role of the Pardon Attorney.

Well, I look forward to working with the Chairman here as well as others on the Appropriations Committee to ask GAO to look into the new proposals because most of the Federal agencies that are able to meet that level of security…

There are Justice Department Byrne Grants that the Justice Department withheld and applied their own unilateral conditions.

I want to associate myself with the comments of Senator Collins with respect to DACA.

I support the National Public Safety Partnership, PSP, which is a program established by the administration to help fight violent crime.

Do you stand by that statement that you made, back during that hearing, that the Pardon Attorney ought--the pardon power ought to be exercised with great care?

Can you think of any pardon during the 8 years of the Obama administration that didn't--that did not go through the Office of the Pardon Attorney?

The power to pardon is a legitimate power. It is one that ought to be exercised with great care.

But I believe back in the day, the GAO actually brought a case during the Nixon administration when they claimed the authority to simply withhold funds.

As you know, if the executive branch, regardless of party, refuses to release funds, it begins a clock ticking.