Arlen Specter: “We have got to do better than this vote-a-rama process.”

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.

Because I have since found that Senator Sessions is egalitarian.

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