Barbara Mikulski

We believe these are very important priorities.

We are pleased at the direction that he is going in.

I support the President's agenda for closing Guantanamo Bay, and at the same time, as a United States Senator, I want to make sure that we protect our neighborhoods and communities as we look at what is the honorable and right way to deal…

I think President Obama has made an excellent choice in selecting you.

We also have now a task force against mortgage fraud, where another type of predator is stalking our communities.

We want to support you in that.

I believe there is another 'pandemic' in the United States, and that is the insatiable demand for drugs.

The highly sensitive nature of who these prisoners are requires that everything occur in highly classified situations because of the nature of the information involved.

We were able to catch that sniper. That kind of cooperation continues to exist.

I really salute Secretary Clinton, when she went to Mexico, and took ownership for our insatiable demand for drugs.

What you are saying is that right now you are doing an inventory of who is there at Guantanomo Bay and what is the right way to dispose of them, as well as also doing a real evaluation about what are the best interrogation policies that…

They need to know that the Department of Justice is free from politics and ideology.

I believe Southwest border violence is a very significant threat and if we don't intervene aggressively now, it will have horrific consequences to our security.

I am glad to hear that safety of our people is the number one concern.

What would this $30 million do, and is this laying the groundwork for the dumping of terrorists into State and Federal prisons?

We need to enforce the law. We need to respect international law. But we have to make sure that streets and neighborhoods are not going to be the repository of Guantanamo prisoners.

The American people rely on the Department of Justice, and we are passionate about restoring it to what its original mission is.

The women's issues are not just a side issue or a marginal one. They are core to the strategy that we have developed.

The fact that we have a government in Afghanistan that turns the other cheek when girls have acid thrown in their face when they go to school.

Afghanistan seems threatened not only by the Taliban, but by a government that's riddled with cronyism and corruption.

I have very serious reservations about our Afghan policy.

He has been known as a judge to handle difficult situations.

I would hope that the Committee would expeditiously approve him and move him to the Senate for deliberation.

He also brings a history of integrity, a strong work ethic, and a commitment to public service.

He brings great integrity, a keen intellect, sound judicial experience and temperament.