I have every confidence that Jeff Sessions will execute the office of Attorney General honestly, faithfully, and fully in the pursuit of justice.

Senator Specter cited just one. It was his vote against confirming Jeff Sessions as a Federal judge.

Because I have since found that Senator Sessions is egalitarian.

the reason we serve is to ensure that our children and our children's children inherit the same great country that we received from those who went before us.

the reason we serve is to ensure our children and our children's children inherit the same great country that we received from those who went before us.

We are trying to make sure that we have maximum impact in the places that could use the money the most.

I cannot applaud Rutland enough, because we had a similar hearing a few years ago when Senator Arlen Specter and I were here, and that shaped a number of federal programs for the better because of what we heard from you.

Congressional legislation 'doesn't amount to anything if the president can say, 'My constitutional authority supersedes the statute.'

The Congress has the authority to handle administrative matters legislatively.

Not only does the Court affect the daily lives of all Americans, it has a tremendous impact upon the separation of powers.

The Court is very ideologically driven at the moment, and I think the public needs to understand that.

I think Senator Sessions has it right when he says they consider it their domain. Well, it is not.

I believe that it is vital that the public really understands what the Supreme Court does.

The authority of the Congress under the Commerce Clause was unchallenged for 60 years and then in Lopez and Morrison cut back.

I believe that if the Court were televised, there would be an understanding and an accountability.

Well, you are the Senate. You decide how to proceed.

Because it is so important for the public to know how its Government functions, and because the Supreme Court affects the lives of Americans in such great detail.

I do not think we are being too assertive if we say to the Supreme Court, 'Televise.'

The Congress, under separation of powers, has the authority to find the facts, and then there is need only for a rational relationship between what Congress finds factually and the legislation which Congress enacts.

I have been battling this issue for decades.

People ought to know that.

The Supreme Court decides all of the important cutting issues of the day.

I think the public's right to know and the benefit of an informed citizenry vastly outweigh what you quote Justice Kennedy as talking about collegial dynamics.

last year I introduced the Notice Pleading Restoration Act of 2009, H.R. 1504. As I explained in my accompanying floor statement, my objective was to restore the pleading standard that had governed federal civil practice if not since the…