"I share those concerns. Senator Hatch and I have, I guess for 9 years, had legislation to make a substantial improvement in that."
"It bothers me that you had no real concern, or the President did not, about releasing portions of those memoranda that deal explicitly with techniques that could be used, information that I think coul..."
"I would suggest we have a hearing on that. It is a matter that is worthy of our attention."
"Actually, they have not."
"Somebody suggested otherwise, but that is what the Government Accountability Office does."
"I think we have exaggerated the extent to which this is somehow violative of our Constitution."
"If you wiretap a Mafia leader and he calls somebody whom the court does not have an approval for, you can listen in on that conversation."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I appreciated the opportunity to discuss with you some of the details of the confirmation hearing for Judge Sotomayor."
"Now, you represent a very sophisticated department. You have been at this a long time."
"Every dollar of it needs to be wisely and most effectively spent."
"I do not know why that would not be just a standard protocol and why we would not support that."