Arlen Specter: “Can we have your assurances that, if you are confirmed, there will be a really tough line on examination of white-collar…”

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

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.

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.

Well, you are the Senate. You decide how to proceed.