"I tried to advocate for positions that I felt struck an appropriate balance between providing treatment for people in the criminal justice system that needed treatment, but also making sure that it was done in a way that did not jeopardize public safety."
"by any fair measure we are moving nominees at a brisk pace."
"the administration proposes only a small increase in the cap from the Crime Victims Fund, and it would zero out the Federal Victim Notification System."
"I cannot find fault with your survey and studying things and being evidence based and all that, but it seems to me that by doing to these two programs what they are doing, they have already made a dec..."
"I want your judgment of whether or not you think it makes sense for us to create new crime victim programs before the existing programs that are now being shortchanged are fully funded."
"I think you and I agree on this subject, so I do not know whether I need to speak or not."
"Too often, nominees appear before us and fail to give meaningful responses."
"You have no experience in the Federal court. What experience do you have that qualifies you for a Federal judgeship?"
"environmental racism is just another symptom of general racism. We are not going to get environmental justice in this country until we get full social and economic justice."
"I extend my welcome to the nominees appearing before us today."
"I congratulate you on that."