Justice Brandeis describes privacy as the right to be left alone.

I agree. I think you need to take a look at all the facts and circumstances and to ignore race, you are ignoring an important fact.

Judge Sotomayor has lived the American dream and she understands all who aspire to it.

Americans have the right to go into our Federal courts and have their cases judged based on the Constitution and our laws, not on politics or personal feelings.

You are a hero and they now know it is Judge Sotomayor.

All those who walk through the entrance to the Supreme Court seeking what is inscribed above its door, 'Equal Justice Under Law', can be confident that a Justice Sotomayor will continue to do her part to keep the promise of our courts and…

Make no mistake, legal defense funds play an indispensable role in American life.

For this reason, we need to know how our nominee might approach these issues and analyze these decisions.

A new Justice could and very well may have a profound impact on the direction of the court.

When we finally won our case and saw the messages we received from every corner of the country, we understood that we did something important together: we sought basic fairness and even-handed enforcement of the laws, something all…

Four out of four is unacceptable.

I also would oppose any government direct bailout to our newspapers.

Senator Benjamin Cardin has already introduced the Newspaper Revitalization Act which is intended to fully clarify this question.

I do not want to see us do anything that could compromise the independence of the newspaper.

Congress has passed a law that established a Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, and it has never been appointed.

Simply put, the current model doesn't work.

I was hoping that you could perhaps bring us up to date as to where we are in your review as to whether we can improve the way that we bring information into our data banks and share it with local law enforcement and protect the privacy…

I just want to bring that to your attention that our Subcommittee is also going to spend a good deal of effort looking at the relationship between the different agencies.

I do believe in his legislation.

Congress should create a commission to review and make recommendations about the reform and revitalization of America's public media...

It's clear to me that our newspapers are a check on, not just local government and the Federal Government, but on corporations, on businesses, on community activities.

It's a proposal similar to a measure recently introduced by the distinguished senator from Maryland, Benjamin Cardin.

If Iran were to become a nuclear weapons power, it would be a game-changer that would cause major impact in that region--something we cannot allow to happen.

If I had a choice between government without newspapers and newspapers without government, I wouldn't hesitate to choose the latter.

I think the Obama administration would be well advised, if they go into negotiations, to do it in a very--a set basis.