Do you believe that torture yields reliable information and intelligence?

I know I cast a vote that I have to live with for the rest of my life, based on that Iraq NIE.

I'm particularly concerned about this third category, and I want to ask you a question about the legal authority to hold somebody in this category.

OLC should publicly disclose its written opinions in a timely manner, absent strong reasons for delay or nondisclosure.

He has already taken a step in that direction by unequivocally condemning the use of torture.

Do you believe that waterboarding is torture?

Do you believe that the proper interpretation of law is that the search and seizure protections of the Fourth Amendment are null and void when it comes to a domestic military operation in the United States?

Last week, there was a front-page story about a CIA chief of station who has been accused of raping two women overseas.

I thank the witness for his presence here today.

Do you believe that torture can ever be legally justified under United States or international law?

I have been asking for the October 2001 memo to be released for almost 1 year now.

I know that Mr. Panetta will tell President Obama not what he wants to hear, but what he needs to hear.

It would be a case-by-case determination. The principles... call for a presumption in favor of disclosure.

In my 16 years on the Judiciary Committee, I have never seen a more qualified nominee. Mr. Holder has been a prosecutor in the Public Integrity Section of the Department of Justice; a Superior Court judge for the District of Columbia; the…

I find hiring contractors to interrogate detainees and hiring contractor psychologists to evaluate is just the wrong thing for the government to do.

I have a real issue with this. Have you had an opportunity to look at that? And can you comment?

It is essential that the President-elect has solid advice to positively change our Nation's economic course.

I rise today with Senator Ensign to introduce legislation to ensure that Federal Title I education funds are targeted to help our Nation's neediest students learn. Title I provides assistance to virtually every school district in the…

I believe that is a violation of law. And I would hope that the Justice Department would take action.

It seems to me that the interrogation of detainees in a war fought by the United States is an inherently governmental function.

Some of us... have just introduced a bill that is in the Intelligence Committee which would close Guantanamo within 12 months.

Simply stated, in my opinion, there is no one brighter or better equipped than this man to become Secretary of Energy.

Dr. Chu has called global warming and the need for carbon-neutral renewables 'the greatest challenge facing science'.

Throughout our history, Americans have come together in times of crisis.

I'm really very pleased and very proud to recommend her confirmation as Secretary of Labor.