Arlen Specter: “It is precisely the kind of divisive and unnecessarily sweeping decision that Chief Justice Roberts pledged to avoid.”

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.

The priority was to protect the family at all costs.

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.

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.