Chuck Grassley actually said...

"Why didn't you apply the three-strikes law and sentence the defendant to a prison term called for by the statute?"

"I am going to refer to a couple cases, and then I have one question about Sentencing Guidelines."

"Will you oppose efforts within the Justice Department to weaken the False Claims Act and its qui tam provision?"

"OK. As chief public defender there in El Paso, you defended your office in one particular case..."