She solemnly adheres to the rule of law and believes that it should be applied equally and fairly to all Americans.

I think you made a similar finding with different underlying facts in United States v. Santa.

I actually thought that Senator Schumer did a good job of asking you questions

I, too, am looking for a person with good judgment, someone with intellectual curiosity and independence, but who also understands that her judicial decisions affect real people.

I believe having judges with real-world front-line experience as prosecutors is a good thing.

Does that tend to be an indicator that there is some glimmer of hope here?

Let us all remember that there are real people behind these statistics.

That is what led us in Congress to extend unemployment benefits, something that we always did in the past.

We need to get our act together here in terms of these financial regulations.

we're going to be working on health care reform this year, and if we're able to bring some costs down and make it more affordable and do it in a different way, do you think that would help people with their wages?

You can't tell someone who has lost their job 'Hey, we've seen some good increases in consumer confidence.' That's not going to help them.