"President Obama has chosen one of the country's outstanding legal minds with his nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court."
"I strongly support Judge Sotomayor's nomination and firmly believe her to be one of the finest jurists in American history."
"It took a very long time, about 171 years, to get the first woman on the Supreme Court."
"President Obama has chosen one of the country's outstanding legal minds with his nomination of Gerard Lynch to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit."
"I want to begin by thanking our witnesses for being with us today; in particular, I want to recognize our first witness-- Secretary LaHood."
"I would like your thoughts. One of the recommendations that I particularly appreciated... was focusing on healthcare IT."
"Many of the people who are doing this full time, we have heard some of the figures that the uncompensated care that is going on is in the billions and billions of dollars."
"In my home State, there are over 330,000 people suffering from Alzheimer's disease."
"We must do better for those suffering from this crippling disease."
"I would urge you to look at all of Medicare and Medicaid in the same pattern and all of Federal employee health benefit."
"I would hope that the Senate and the House will look very carefully and will urge the President very strongly to externalize most of that $17 billion..."