I do not think there is a category of families or a group of families that have been more hard hit than those who are dairy farmers all across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as well as so many other States that are represented here today.

I think the long-term strategies are critically important. We have got to get them right.

That raises very serious separation-of-powers concerns simply because you are purporting to say this is the person the President has to listen to.

Did Congress have the authority to create a position, the role of which is to act as chief adviser to the President?

Access to contraception is a fundamental right of adult Americans.

Fortunately, when we pass national health reform we will begin a new era in women's health.

In Senator Casey's State of Pennsylvania, what they've shown, what they've found, is with the public disclosure of those rates it puts pressure on hospitals to do a better job.

This ridiculous practice of charging women more for health insurance sends a message that we don't want women to receive prenatal services and high quality maternity care.

One was 2701, prohibiting insurance rating based upon gender, which of course leads to bad outcomes for women across the board.

The idea that that would be a bar to coverage, that that would prevent a woman from getting the kind of health care coverage that she should have a right to expect, is really horrific.

the defeat of these amendments indicates the intent to implement by stealth what cannot be openly passed by vote.

And what would the component parts that you see potential in, in terms of what we could export be?

So the Taliban, if they came back to power, would bring al-Qaeda back.

So, you're confident that they've taken, to date, all the necessary and appropriate steps to deal with the broader question of export controls, as well as any other related concern that have been raised here.

one of the things we have to do here is make the case to the American people; and they're hearing a lot about proliferation issues right now, especially in the context of the controversy as it relates to Iran's nuclear program.

We're grateful for that nomination.

I am honored, both honored and proud, to recommend to this Committee the confirmation of Judge Thomas I. Vanaskie for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

I am honored to appear here. I want to especially thank Ranking Member Sessions for letting me jump the line.

I think it's critically important that the American people know the lengths to which both administrations--the Bush administration and the Obama administration--have gone to insist upon as substantial and as airtight an agreement that we…

I absolutely believe that Iran obviously is pursuing a nuclear weapon and that is absolutely unacceptable.

It sends a very powerful message to the Iranian regime and to the world that the U.S. Congress is united on this.

I think the most important thing is I think we have a better chance of getting broad-based sanctions, broad-based economic and political pressure because we demonstrated that we have made every effort to solve this through diplomacy and…

I'm going to be very brief.

Language like 'victory and defeat,' 'win or lose,' which, in my judgment, is both inaccurate and misleading.

I think we can have a real debate about these policies, and I think it's critical that we do.