Arlen Specter: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I join my colleagues, Secretary Duncan, in welcoming you here.”

The priority was to protect the family at all costs.

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

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.

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.