"we therefore oppose the bill in its current form and, more importantly, oppose its basic approach."
"the positive aspects of the bill identified by the section are greatly outweighed by the damage this bill would cause."
"I want to thank all the witnesses."
"But Mr. Shapiro says it is going to take longer, not just a little bit longer or just as long, but months and maybe years."
"But there are 10 times more rules in the bill already."
"the whole idea of the regulation that you didn't like was to prevent tens of thousands of premature deaths"
"Prepared Statement of the Honorable John Conyers, Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan, and Ranking Member, Committee on the Judiciary."
"This is an important discussion and I am glad we have a variety of former lawyers, prosecutor and others thrown in here--judges."
"Nothing that I have seen to date demonstrates a need to curtail the limited judicial discretion that Booker restored."
"The attack on judicial discretion suggests that Congress, or the Commission, who know nothing about the offense or the circumstances surrounding it, or prosecutors, who play an adversarial role in adm..."
"The racial factor in the American criminal justice system, which is pretty critical and is still pretty large."
"this proposal may prevent those who are most--the most needy in our society from securing legal representation"