"Well, I agree with President-elect Obama, you know, closing the gun show loophole, banning the sale of cop-killer bullets, things of that nature."
"You wanted to do the right thing. We swore to an oath to uphold the law."
"Sure. That is the law, as the Supreme Court has given it to me."
"I will pledge to us to maintain it."
"Stare decisis would tell the Solicitor General--me--that you have to take into consideration the fact of the Heller decision."
"The fact that that initiative exists, that this Committee, that this Congress thought it important enough to devote its attention to it, is an indication of this Committee, our government, at its best..."
"Heller is a significant, significant opinion."
"I did factor that in to my determination. You had two U.S. Attorneys who weighed in against it. Law enforcement was against it."
"I have no intention, this administration has no intention, of doing anything that would affect a State's regulation of firearms."
"I believe that's right."
"I don't want you to leave here thinking that you have got some press crazy here as potentially Attorney General."