Arlen Specter: “This is, I think, an unusual bill because it involves so many big issues.”

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

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.

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.

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