"these HIDTAs on the southwest border, in my view, should be given the highest priority"
"I very much appreciate this and I am not going to forget it."
"I'll hold you to it. Short answer. I won't forget it."
"If confirmed, will you please be an advocate for getting decisions out of the Justice Department?"
"if a detainee is adjudged to be an enemy combatant either by a military commission--they can be held subject to due process"
"Marijuana is not currently regulated by the FDA. Medical marijuana is not."
"I have been a cosponsor with Senator Hatch on changing the formula to 20:1. My interest in coming here this morning is to try and see what the appropriate change should be."
"Well, what would be the eligibility of people in prison for immediate parole, assuming there was retroactivity and the 1:1 standard was in place?"
"And it seems to me you cannot eliminate the disparity without having a program to release people from prison who are under these laws, thereby unfairly sentenced."
"Philosophically, I agree with what the administration has said."
"I would want to know what is the practical impact of this."
"For whatever it is worth, it is my position that any change has to have retroactive consideration."