"the penalties in this bill are so draconian and misguided that even a government that never took a prohibited action would be hobbled financially by it."
"I think it is a very misguided clause. I think all it will do is enable states to be sued."
"But this is very important. This is how it would normally operate."
"The point is, the existence of this statute on the books would put a cloud, like a cloud of title, like a cloud on title, here being a cloud on future revenue."
"this hearing is not about legitimate oversight of the Civil Rights Division."
"There should be no bite at this apple. Any continued claims of wrongdoing in efforts to taint this Administration or Assistant Attorney General Perez with this case should be flatly rejected as the il..."
"Baseless nonsense, ill-motivated baseless nonsense. Those allegations have now been investigated and debunked twice with both the Inspector General and the Office of Professional Responsibility."
"I see that the majority has again prejudged the issue with the title of this hearing."
"I had hoped that we could at least agree that a realistic understanding of how that system is functioning would entail a balanced look at both the costs and benefits of the system."
"I will do my best to get that revoked as soon as possible."
"If an AG, through a contingency fee lawyer, wins millions of dollars in damages for the taxpayers or for some injured class in the State, what is wrong with that?"
"So, Mr. Beisner, why is that not a great public service?"