"I would like to caution us in referring to when President Jefferson sent our Navy over to battle the Barbary pirates, because in order to get out of that situation, we, first off, had someone to negot..."
"I promise you we will work with the Coast Guard and others in our Defense Department to see what we can do to bring clarity."
"And the fact is that in Baltimore, a person could be standing at a bus stop. There could be 20 people, somebody could come up, kill that -- kill one of the people. Everybody knows who did it. And nobo..."
"What my message is, is that we're going to do everything in our power to help them and protect them."
"We have pretty much been guaranteed that it will pass out of the judiciary committee."
"It's extremely pervasive in Maryland and in Baltimore. It's estimated that, in violent offenses, sometimes as much as 90 to 100 percent of the cases involve some type of witness intimidation."
"Keep in mind, in Baltimore, is a city where we had the Dawson murders where seven people, a family of seven, were incinerated in their home because they simply wanted to cooperate with the police."
"I think it's extremely important that we do everything in our power to protect whistleblowers."
"I believe that she saved a lot of lives."
"It is so very important that we have transparency."
"I hope today's hearing helps shed light on the continuing practices that prevent full equality in the workplace."
"For that reason, I was extremely pleased to join so many of my colleagues in cosponsoring the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009."