I am familiar with 1001, yes.

I believe the prosecutor is looking at this. Department of Justice attorneys would look at 1001, absolutely, as a possible statute to be applied.

I appreciate your testimony and I think it reflects the long service to this country and the significant depth of knowledge that has been built upon that experience.

Thank you very much, Madam Secretary. Again, I really appreciate the focus you've made getting back in the game on OSHA and worker protections.

Having spent nearly 30 years as an entrepreneur myself with a small business and sold that off to my second-generation oldest son, I looked at this proposal that is here.

The 14-C Program... allows employers to pay subminimum wages to individuals with disabilities.

What my amendment does is it establishes--we will have an online education Web site that is part of this--but my amendment establishes an online Web site for use by potential and existing entrepreneurs to facilitate peer-to-peer technical…

But, obviously, if they can't produce much, then you pay them a little bit less--I understand that.

Somebody has to make those determinations.

You have a distinguished legal and judicial record.

Now, I believe that I'm going to ask you something you've never been asked before during this hearing, I hope.

The Supreme Court could demonstrate renewed respect for our original plan of Government and return us slowly but surely to a written Constitution.

I will not vote for--and no senator should vote for--an individual nominated by any President who is not fully committed to fairness and impartiality toward every person who appears before them.

Call it empathy, call it prejudice, or call it sympathy, but whatever it is, it is not law.

Congratulations on your nomination to be Associate Justice and welcome to the Judiciary Committee.

It is my opinion that over time the Supreme Court has often veered off the course established by the Framers.

If the Constitution, as I believe, should be interpreted according to the meaning it had at the time it was ratified, it follows directly that the use of contemporary foreign or international law is not proper.

Seating a Justice on the Supreme Court who does not treat the Second Amendment as a fundamental right deserving of protection against cities and states could do far more damage to the right to keep and bear arms than any legislation passed…