Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

In the event that the law requires... are you willing to take that step to cross public opinion and do what you believe is right?

Whitehouse asks nominees about making unpopular legal decisions.

09/18/2012

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Yes, I am sort of preaching to the choir here, I am sure.

There is no likelihood, I think, of it getting better. It is likely to get worse, if anything.

Oh, you have more. It would be more per person.

The entire agency process had in effect been a sham, that the result was willful ignorance triumphant.