Dick Durbin: “We are here to determine whether you would uphold or undermine those founding ideals and the rule of law.”

The lack of community involvement and speed with which this project has moved forward raises questions about the role of private interests.

Public executions have no place in a democracy.

The lowering of the FBI's hiring standards "threaten[s] to undermine the work of the FBI and pose a grave risk to the Bureau's integrity.

Changes of this magnitude with no discernible justification must be scrutinized.