"I join all of us in welcoming back Dan Lungren in his newer capacity."
"enforcement--agency enforcement decisions must be motivated by the public interest and not politically motivated self-interest."
"Now, the Committee recognizes the complexity of this issue before us, and we are going to have a hearing continuing this subject where the Director of ICE will be present."
"I expressed hope that we could work in a substantive and bipartisan manner to address serious questions about relationship between the executive and legislative branches."
"We think it is an important one, because it gives us an opportunity to study how the International Trade Commission handles patent disputes, and whether it sufficiently protects American innovation."
"This Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act is the latest attempt to erode the constitutional right to an abortion guaranteed by Roe v. Wade."
"I believe the Chevron doctrine should be retained for several reasons."
"there are limits on prosecutorial discretion and is the Obama administration setting examples where there are no limits? And the answer to that is, no, there are limits."
"these issues we are debating are really mainly issues that belong in the political arena and belong between the President, the executive branch and Congress, and not in the courts."
"I'm deeply concerned by this cynical mind-set, and I would be deeply disappointed if it turns out that the government is found to be exploiting a national tragedy to pursue a change in the law."
"I fear that pursuing this serious and complex issue through the awkward use of an inept statute was not, and is not, the best course of action, and I'm not alone in this view."
"The government's assertion of power is without limiting principle, and likely to have sweeping consequences."