Arlen Specter: “To encourage right choices we must be willing to confront the dangers young people face, even when they are difficult to…”

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.

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.