This does not serve the American people well.

This process should be about Mr. Blanche and how he will go forward in a difficult job, and how the American people can be best served.

I have not approached it that way.

Mr. Blanche is not perfect, and he will tell you this. But the choice is not between perfection and Mr. Blanche.

A never-ending cycle of prosecuting political enemies undermines the rule of law, degrades the public's trust in our institutions, and makes our politics more extreme.

I'll be criticized for this vote. What's new?

I think it is a reality.

I am told that Senate confirmation is important in interactions with the president, with others in the Cabinet and is important to DOJ employees in general. Being Senate-confirmed gives him greater leverage to push for things that should…

Senate confirmation is important in interactions with the president, with others in the Cabinet and is important to DOJ employees in general.

There was a score on it that was a disappointing score, but there’s at least some conversations taking place by some with the CBO to get that re-scored.

Obviously our country is having a problem with deficit spending, so it should be offset.

I don’t oppose all of these IAAs. I do think the administration should be allowed to pilot how to address inefficiencies and the potential for efficiencies by operationalizing these IAAs.

The PROMISE Act sets up a process. It doesn’t dictate a policy. It sets up a process that puts Congress on the clock to save Social Security.

My bill would create a framework so that health data that is not covered by HIPAA is subject to robust privacy protections.

Mr. Kaufman has said some pretty stupid things and irresponsible things regarding immunization.

The only option that should not be an option is to do nothing. We need to do something.

Congress is being irresponsible, destructively irresponsible, if we don’t address Social Security.

If Congress does nothing in six years by law, benefits going to 75 million Americans and more at that time will be cut by almost 29%.

I’m pleased to say that there’s new momentum on both sides, Republicans and Democrats, to find a solution and preserve benefits for those who have spent their lifetime earning them.

Children have died from not having been vaccinated. Children have been in the hospital, they’ve been sick by the thousands.

The fact that [those statements are] still there is almost an insult to the American people.

It’s been firmly established vaccines do not cause autism. That’s over decades.

I’m confident that she knows what she is doing and will stand against those who do not.

I’ve never met a parent who wasn’t a pediatrician who’s gone into the website to look for information about vaccines.

I am continuing to discuss the CDC’s stance on vaccines with the health department.