"I want to commend first of all the U.S attorney for the northern district for having the courage to do that."
"Chris Christie deserves, in my judgment, a medal for his achievements like these, and so do other U.S. Attorneys."
"No one here, including myself, is in a position of defending corrupt corporations or arguing against their full prosecution by the law."
"These are the kinds of abuses if there is unfettered discretion."
"I, along with my colleague Frank Pallone have introduced the Accountability in Deferred Prosecution Act of 2009, H.R. 1947."
"However, an even more essential concern has emerged through these deferred prosecution agreements and that is the lack of any checks and balances within the system."
"We must not allow deferred prosecution to become a form of deferred justice."
"I want to thank Chairman Conyers and Chairman Cohen for allowing me to testify before this Subcommittee."
"What led Congressman Pascrell and me to introduce legislation is because we saw all the inconsistencies and lack of proper oversight of monitors."
"The troubling thing is that Federal prosecutors have too much discretion in appointing these corporate monitors, allowing an unelected official unfettered leverage against companies."
"You will have the Chris Christie's who will do exactly the opposite because it is in their political interest to select their friends."