Wouldn't it be helpful for the President to at least lay out a flexible timetable for maintaining United States troops in Afghanistan?

We cannot repeat that. And President Obama was very conscious of that.

I do not have any problem with July 2011, in reference to the earlier colloquy I had with Senator Lugar.

I think that timeframe's too long.

This is about our national security. Vietnam was not.

I think the time has come for the President to set a flexible timetable for responsibly drawing down our troops.

I think that's an excellent answer.

More and more powerful economic interests are forcing consumers and employees to bring their disputes not to the courts but to a parallel legal system where the rule of law barely applies and where the outcome I think is stacked against…

If confirmed, you will bring to the Court an impeccable resume and a formidable track record of accomplishments.

I think that's wrong and Congress needs to change it.

Behind the volumes of legal briefs are real people with real problems.

Many are concerned that the cumulative effect of these cases has harmed consumers because they are the ones who will suffer by paying the high prices that result from unchallenged anticompetitive practices.

I found it hard to believe that the bonuses were legally required.

I've heard a lot of anger from my constituents about financial institutions that have acted irresponsibly and then looked to the public for a safety net when things went wrong.

As many of us said yesterday, we appreciate the perspective that you would bring to the Court as someone who has not been a judge.

For more than a century, this measure has protected the principles that we hold most dear: competition, consumer choice, and giving all businesses a fair opportunity to succeed or fail in the free market.

That is why these hearings are so important so that the American people can get a sense of what your judicial philosophy is.

I think it's pretty clear that a ban on non-citizen contributions be unconstitutional (though abandoned foreign contributions would not be).