"A lot of the cases they cite, isn't it a fact that the defendants were convicted, some given the death penalty, some given life without parole, and they're cited in a way that suggests that somehow justice didn't get done in those cases?"
"Why don't we make all crimes Federal crimes then?"
"I would just note that perhaps the authorization of funding to create tasks forces and studies of these kind of crimes would be an appropriate role for the Federal Government."
"I think it is overly broad. I'm pretty confident of that."
"I believe deeply in the Federal legal system, that we need to get it right."
"So it wouldn't be the words, but it would be the actual sexual orientation, or gender, or race of the person that would make the decision?"
"I am sorry that a number of our members will not be able to be here today because of the health care matter."
"One is political and one has to do with life and death. They are different, in my opinion."
"It is a big deal, because the Second Amendment will be eviscerated if it is not considered to be a fundamental right and made applicable to the States."
"I have been disappointed that you have been so late in responding to my letter about the Uyghurs."
"They think it will do 'little good and great harm.'"