I think that is indisputable.

And I think that if we really care about the long-term living standards of Americans and workers, we need to cut our corporate tax...

Isn't it a fact that total discretionary spending increases every single year except maybe with the reduction in the military effort next year?

In my opinion, we are too close, and as responsible Government officials we have a duty to help our country avoid risk that is unnecessary.

I know Admiral Mullen of the Joint Chiefs said our debt is the greatest threat to national security.

Half the people in the United States military, if asked, would say they don't want to change this policy.

I'm inclined to the personal view that DADT has been pretty effective and I'm dubious about the change.

There has been a lack of understanding when he made that commitment, I believe, of the serious ramifications and problems that might arise from it.

I agree with that constitutional analysis, very clearly.

Well, the Constitution deserves a fair interpretation, it seems to me, and what essentially the people who ratified it meant.

It is an important job.

I just proposed to my Republican colleagues that we all reduce our expenditures 15 percent.

I want to make the point that ever since I have been in law enforcement, starting out in 1975, people have had all kinds of plans to fix the recidivist rate.

It sounds good to people. It sounds like, well, we can just end the problem of drugs if we just make it legal, which any country that has tried that, Alaska and other places have tried it, it does not work and it is a very dangerous failed…

I believe that a guideline system is better than one based on mandatory minimums and one that is purely discretion-based.

I understand this will be the last nomination hearing for the 111th Congress and with today's hearing, the Committee has held hearings for 110 nominees.

It seems to me that a low level offender can be given a second chance and it ought to be done in a way that has good supervision, as drug court does.

The commission listed 14 priorities for implementing the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, which I cosponsored;

they were implemented with clarity, without equivocation, and it, I think, was another one of the factors in the decline in drug use in America.

I think the American people and I have the view that schools have got to be given some latitude in running the school and maintaining order.

I would like to thank all the people who have worked to move these nominations forward, and congratulate the nominees.

the best way we can help the Mexican leadership, who is standing courageously against drug cartels, because their lives are on the line

I think about the squeegee crackdowns, the street crimes in New York that New York cracked down on, and all crime plummeted when they did that.

The effort that we undertook as a Nation to counsel young people, send clear messages about what is acceptable and what is not had a positive influence on the health and welfare of our country.

Thank you. We do not want to pass over the U.S. attorney too lightly.