Mazie Hirono actually said...

"It seems to me would this not point to the desirability of removing these kinds of decisions from the chain of command so that they would not feel political pressure to prosecute weak cases?"

"We must move in the right direction. Some of the suggestions that you made were, I think, steps that we should consider seriously."

"There are some things, evidently, that we can learn from these other countries."

"Again, I note in your testimony the challenge that you're facing... to process and analyze all the data..."