We are not dealing in a lawless environment here. We are dealing here with the Presidential Records Act.

The Federal Government owns two-thirds of the land in the State of Utah, even more in Nevada.

That demon is a law of our own creation, and it is called the Presidential Records Act.

If you have questions for Judge Kavanaugh, ask him. He is right here.

We are just doing what the law allows us here to do.

the fact that there is so much angst over a single nominee, a single judicial nominee, tells you everything you need to know about why it is that we need judges now more than ever who are willing to read the law and interpret it based on…

we need to restore a discussion of civics in this country, to restore a discussion about federalism and separation of powers, about where power is concentrated and where it should not be, and what the role of each branch of the Federal…

If we were angels, we would not need government.

we are shirking our own responsibility because we are making lawmakers rather than laws, and we are also consolidating into one body the power to make and enforce laws, which is not only something that can lead to tyranny, it is the very…

In our system, the legislative branch is supposed to be the center of our politics.

Judge Kavanaugh understands and is focused on the principle that a judge is a servant of the law, not a maker of it.

with its approval rating that ranges between 9 and 11 percent, making us slightly less popular than Raul Castro in America

I have colleagues today who have repeatedly asked for an FBI investigation, and there are some ironies in this.

I think that all maybe stems from the same philosophical understanding that we are imperfect beings, and that we divide power, and that we make sure that no one person in a jury situation or other situations where our liberty can be…

If there were some perfect group of people, we would put all the power in that one body, but because we are imperfect, putting all the power in that one body would be, as Senator Klobuchar was saying, the definition of tyranny.

the accumulation of all power in one body is the very definition of tyranny.

I do not see all discriminatory transfers are not unlawful under the Civil Rights Act.

there is no reason why it should not be something that we can discuss in public.