Arlen Specter: “I have a sense of wonderment as to what the American people are thinking about what has just transpired in the Senate...…”

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 priority was to protect the family at all costs.

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.