Arlen Specter: “When you suspended the program in June 2008, as you testified, did you know about these failures at that time?”

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.

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.

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