The court, I would suggest, has time for more cases.

We Senators would like to know what the standards are so we know what to do when we undertake legislation.

I think that kind of diversity is enormously helpful.

Justice Kennedy says he believes that television is inevitable.

Would you not at least agree with a proposition that conflicts between the Congress and the executive branch are of the highest duty for the Supreme Court to consider and to decide?

Do I hear you saying there would be at least a little bit of--let me move on.

I think I actually went back to criticize Judge Sotomayor's activities going all the way back to Princeton University.

the job of the court is to apply the law, not to make the law.

I think it was wrong for America to wait until 1967 to have an African-American, Justice Thurgood Marshall, on the court.

The Federal District Court in Detroit said that the Terrorist Surveillance Program was unconstitutional.

I had a lot of association with the firefighters in my days as a city official in Philadelphia.

There's more than being re-elected here. There's the factor of principle. The Republican Party has gone far to the right since I joined it under Reagan's big tent.

I applaud initiatives like Senator Arlen Specter's (D-PA) successful effort to provide NIH with $10.4 billion in stimulus funds.

This subcommittee has been at the forefront of addressing the pandemic flu issue.

As the Republican Party has moved farther and farther to the right, I have found myself increasingly at odds with the Republican philosophy and more in line with the philosophy of the Democratic Party.

There is great public concern, as is evidenced by the front pages, news media accounts as to what the situation is.

There has to be a careful balance in what is said to inform the public of the problem, but not to articulate it in a way which might cause undue alarm.

The public health response to swine flu is critical for our nation's health.

the recommendation of the Judiciary Committee is indispensable on that.

I wanted to say a word of assurance of our concern for funding on Alzheimer's.

There is no doubt about the tremendous impact that Alzheimer's has on the health of Americans and really worldwide.

What is going on? Where is the accountability? Who is going to go to jail?

Senator Harkin and I, as you may know, have taken the lead on increasing the funding generally from $12 billion to $30 billion.

Dick Lugar does not confirm. The Senate does.

With respect to our prison population, is there any substitute for incarcerating violent criminals for public safety?