As a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, I take seriously our responsibility of shaping U.S. foreign policy.

As you know two-thirds of my State, the State of Utah is owned by the Federal Government.

I absolutely do not, Senator.

Senator, if I may, I will try to address this in four points.

Well, you know, you mentioned a while ago, pretty easily, I thought, on the question of privacy. You said that, well, privacy is what society says it is, basically, and how do you find that?

I think the Supreme Court has been absolutely clear in this particular area, the welfare rights area, that there is that danger that judges, unelected and unaccountable, based on their own conceptions of justice might try to write that…

I would faithfully and fully apply those precedents were I confirmed in this process.

That is exactly what one would do and what one would have to do in the role of an intermediate appellate judge.

The U.S. Department of the Interior has never possessed the power to designate wilderness. That power has always been reserved and is always exercised exclusively by Congress.

No, I do not, Senator.

Absolutely I would, Senator.

The Wyden-Brown legislation falls short and thus will not allow States sufficient flexibility to make meaningful changes.

every lesson that we've taught to the North Koreans over the last 10 years is that they'd be much better served by relying on a nuclear deterrent than on our good word.

Thank you, Senators Kerry and Lugar for your leadership in discussing the volatile situation in North Korea.

to tell you what you have to buy even if you don't want to buy it

Has the administration taken a close look at this, including on whether and to what extent FERC has authority to issue this and what the effect might be on customers?

I started employment with the University of Phoenix on February 14th of 2011, and none of my comments reflect their position.

It has already been said that the distinction between activity and inactivity is not in the text of the Constitution.