If you want to look at your answer to that and submit in writing a more clear view of how you distinguish between a fundamental right and a fundamental liberty interest, I would appreciate it.

My approach would be to study the text of whatever provision were before me and to apply the law according to precedent.

I would like to have you explain what steps you took to ensure that you did not practice the unauthorized practice of law.

The prosecutor is or should be thinking about all defendants currently in the system, past and future defendants, victims and future victims, and policy goals that are set to achieve societal interests.

I happen to believe that this administration is not meeting its most--its comment that it is going to be the most transparent in history.

there is unprecedented obstruction going on in the Senate toward this President's nominees.

I have got a big interest in, is protecting whistleblowers.

Classification is a critical value as well.

Madam President, I come to the floor to speak in opposition to the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination for the DC Circuit nominee Cornelia Pillard. Although her record makes clear that her views are well outside the mainstream on a…

I am confident that, if confirmed, Jon Levy will serve the people of Maine and this Nation with great intelligence and integrity and impartiality.

I do not think that there can be any accusation of 'unprecedented obstruction.'

I think all of those people who are serving as both lawyers and judges are all trained in the same legal system, all trained to respect the rule of law.

In a general way, give me your view on whistleblower assertions.

Transparency is an important value.

Would you comment on particular or special ethical considerations that are raised by employee interviews by Government agents?

With my colleagues, Chairman Tom Harkin, chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee, and Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio, I will be introducing the Payroll Fraud Prevention Act of 2013.

This Act would also prohibit employers from using misclassification to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.

Mr. President, today the Senate is sending a clear message that all Americans are entitled to earn a living free from discrimination and to be judged in the workplace based on qualifications, ability, and integrity. The Employment…