Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for accommodating me.

I think some of our budget scoring rules are preventing us from being as fully engaged in using these valuable tools as we could be.

I simply wanted to thank the members of the panel and the 2 leads on this bill today for your great work in putting together a sensible bipartisan bill that I think will move.

I was thrilled to hear the details from Mr. Scripter, Mr. Damiano, Mr. Crasi, of the work that you've done.

I rise in support of the amendment offered by the Senator from Montana. I was an original cosponsor of Senator Tester's bill, which forms the basis for this amendment, because I am concerned about consumers, credit unions, and the…

I'll join the other members of this committee in thanking Ambassador Crocker.

Rich in my view has established himself as a talented, dedicated, and humble public servant who possesses a strong work ethic and the highest integrity and intellect.

I believe that we have an absolute obligation to provide a fair, impartial forum for litigants.

I think it is always incumbent upon judicial officers to make sure that they set the tone so that all litigants are always treated with courtesy and respect.

Finally, in my view being a great judge requires some balance of empathy and evenhandedness.

how you see the prospects of our ever being successful in persuading the Pakistanis to change their relentless focus on India as the primary source of threat to their nation.

Great judging requires modesty and respect for the role that judges play in our system as arbiters of facts and the law rather than makers of policy.