Isn't it advisable to try to move through that uncertainty as quickly as possible?

We are prolonging the agony by continuing to forbid the residential home owner... to simply go to bankruptcy court.

That, to me, is one of the real values of focus on delivery system reform, because it is really a win-win.

Clarity is what works well and finding the actual value, correct?

It is sickening, frankly, not to have it straightened out.

Like Ronald Reagan, I intend to trust but verify.

You were able to fund $1.5 billion in TIGER grants.

Rhode Island could not be more delighted to have obtained $22 million for the Quonset project.

We face twin problems: a dire need for jobs... and a fiscal problem that is looming toward us.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I am not confident that the military tribunal is, by definition, the better way to go.

I disagree with him that the military tribunal is the right answer in every case; I disagree with him that Mirandizing people is the wrong answer in every case.

Voting to confirm an individual to the Federal bench is one of the most important and lasting decisions that a Senator can make.

I agree with Senator Sessions about the importance of there being a rigorous and formal method for making the determination as to whether a case should proceed in civilian courts or in military tribunals.

Thank you for your statement. I know how busy you are as our Majority Whip and Assistant Majority Leader.

Before we conclude the hearing, I would like to add into the record of this proceeding the statement of our distinguished Chairman, Senator Patrick Leahy, in favor of these nominees.

I will now call on Senator Mark Udall of Colorado to make an introduction of his nominee.

Judges must respect the role of Congress as representatives of the American people; decide cases based on the law and the facts.