"I certainly appreciate your concerns. I respect and I agree with your desire to ensure that we have civility marking all of our proceedings in Congress."
"The Senate does in fact have control over its own calendar. Article 1 makes that pretty clear."
"The fact that we have a higher incarceration rate in the United States generally does not necessarily mean that we are just tougher on people."
"How does that end up impacting the Department of Justice's ability to do other things that it needs to do?"
"Doesn't that create kind of a free-rider problem that we can expect to continue to result in the continued expansion of this kind of problem?"
"Historically, you know, these kinds of offenses that would have been prosecuted by States would have resulted in convictions within the State penal system."
"In order to change that, we are going to need a change in policy, probably a change in legislation."
"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on national television in America that his government has what he described as unquestionable evidence."
"I believe this Committee can assist State and local governments with ideas as to how to more efficiently manage the connection between energy and water."
"That is up to each State to decide, what do you feel in your State is the level of voter participation that you need to have to make the system work for your State."
"If the Governor feels she did not get good names here, she can reject the whole batch and ask for more names."
"I have long shared, by the way, your concerns with States that have contested partisan elections to fill the vacancy at the outset because I think it is difficult to reconcile that with the need for j..."