But if people in Delaware really behaved egregiously, we tracked their records, tracked their performance and eventually built a case and we were able to remove them from service.

our job is oversight. Our job is to back up the work that is being done.

We need to find a way to do it better.

As a recovering Governor, I will say that in State Governments, it is not always easy to hold people accountable.

I think they have asked for additional monies that previously they would have used--drawn monies from the fund to pay for.

I ask the Senate to hold accountable the government attorneys and judges that were the source of this injustice.

editorial writers are people who enter the battlefield when the fighting is over and shoot the wounded.

This is a fight that should have been fought. This is a fight that should have been resolved years ago.

But I want to thank Senator Brown who serves on the Subcommittee, for suggesting that we have this hearing and for suggesting that we hold it here today.

Your predecessor, the late Senator Ted Kennedy, was a true friend of the fisherman.

We have certainly appreciated the focus that congressional members have brought to bear on this issue.