"We permitted the Attorney General to delegate CID authority to a designee."
"This number of 1,040 is higher than the 1,000 cases under seal when I asked the same question a year ago."
"There are always so many sophisticated crook out there who are always going to sit around and laugh at us in Government that we cannot get ahead of them."
"There are 1,040 false claim cases that are under seal in Federal courts waiting on the Department of Justice to make a decision to join the lawsuit."
"Now, I understand there are 1,000 cases, and if the Federal Government is involved, there is more money going to go to the Federal Treasury."
"I will not take any time to discuss policy because we will have a chance to review the testimony of all the witnesses."
"Well, for the taxpayers' benefit, I think that they would expect agencies within the same Federal Government working for the same American population would get along to get done what needs to be done ..."
"I am very concerned with this provision striking the existing provisions and have been working to determine who authored it."
"Congress really directed in our statute that the CFTC set position limits--this was back in the 1930's."
"Emissions contract markets operate no differently than other commodity markets that CFTC regulates."
"I don't have any problem with things like living wills, but they ought to be done within the family. We should not have a government program that determines you're going to pull the plug on grandma."