Does the agency agree with that?

The General Accounting Office has determined that CFSA is not meeting the official requirements of the Adoption and Safe Families Act.

I had to attend another hearing actually, we call it a Senate markup, we were moving a poison control bill that we passed out of committee just a few minutes ago.

But if I have a 5,000 figure, and what's the figure, 5,000 what?

what is the outlook on Wall Street for the city's bond rating, and do you think that the recent GAO report will affect the bond rating?

So the figures that I cited, of course, are old figures in the sense that they were up to May of 2002.

This is of significant concern to me.

I am anxious to express my strong recommendations for Justice Deborah Cook, Jeffrey Sutton, both of whom the President nominated.

I have known Judge Cook for over 25 years. I know her to be a brilliant lawyer, a wonderful person.

Deborah has served with distinction on Ohio's Supreme Court since her election in 1994 and reelection in the year 2000.

Jeff's commitment to individual rights, his civility as an opposing counsel, his sense of fairness, his devotion to civic responsibilities and his keen and demonstrated intellect all reflect the best that is to be found in the legal…

I don't agree with the bulk of the decisions that you argued in front of the Supreme Court, at least on the controversial ones.

So as I understand it, you argued that Congress does have the authority to enforce the Bill of Rights using Section 5 of the 14th Amendment.

It is my pleasure, as a U.S. Senator from Ohio, to introduce to this Committee today two very distinguished Ohioans.

So in that case, with regard to your position, Senator Schumer's concerns were unfounded.

I think we go down and start down a very dangerous path when we probe deeply into the clients and the causes that nominees have either advocated or represented.

Will you follow the law? Will you follow the Constitution? And will you follow the precedent?

I think it would have a chilling effect on the practice of law as we know it in this country.