"Is it your view that there are unique features, unique aspects, of energy sector water usage that are of particular concern or is it more just that people are concerned about the quantity of it or tha..."
"Were there some recommendations that were more controversial than others among the stakeholders?"
"On July 27, 2006, a number of my Democratic colleagues, including several current Members of this Committee, signed a letter arguing that an additional nominee to the DC Circuit 'should under no circu..."
"Based on that objection and despite Peter Keisler's stellar record and the fact that he had really broad-based bipartisan support throughout the legal profession, Democrats in the Senate blocked his n..."
"No one who is familiar with the DC Circuit's current caseload can honestly say that the court is overworked or that it is in need of an additional judge, let alone two or three additional judges, as t..."
"Don't you think there might be different Fourth Amendment interests at play where we are dealing with a much broader scale?"
"I do not think it is settled. I hope it is one--I am going to ask if I am confirmed--that the Department of Justice is thinking about."
"That seems to me to be a problem, and it is one that Chairman Leahy and I have been working on together."
"I certainly do not think the same argument can be made today, and I am pleased that you as a prosecutor never went down that road."
"A lot of people have concerns about what, if any, limiting principles there are that would prevent the government from ultimately storing all information about all Americans."
"the more you aggregate large quantities of metadata, potentially on every single American citizen, and you give someone within the executive branch of government the power to search all of that, you d..."
"There is no higher honor than being able to represent your fellow citizens, and so I am quite honored to be here today with you."