Arlen Specter: “The basic issue of national security is perhaps the Attorney General's most important responsibility: to protect the…”

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

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

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.

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.