Arlen Specter: “We do not get caught like we got caught on Katrina, do not get caught with a problem with swine flu or any of these…”

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 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.

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