That, to me, is one of the real values of focus on delivery system reform, because it is really a win-win.

We are prolonging the agony by continuing to forbid the residential home owner... to simply go to bankruptcy court.

The stories are just appalling.

Like Ronald Reagan, I intend to trust but verify.

I just want to push back a little bit against what I thought was your implied theory that this would be something novel or peculiar if we allowed this to happen.

If my roof has a hole in it and the rain comes in, the sooner I fix that, the less my family's long-term cost of that repair.

as we continue to debate our Nation's debt limit on the Senate floor, I rise today to review how we came to this point of serious budgetary imbalance and, in particular, how $9 trillion of it is Bush-Republican debt. At a time when tens of…

Voting to confirm an individual to the Federal bench is one of the most important and lasting decisions that a Senator can make.

I will now call on Senator Mark Udall of Colorado to make an introduction of his nominee.

history has shown that what is right and what is popular may from time to time diverge

Thank you for your statement. I know how busy you are as our Majority Whip and Assistant Majority Leader.

Judges must respect the role of Congress as representatives of the American people; decide cases based on the law and the facts.

Before we conclude the hearing, I would like to add into the record of this proceeding the statement of our distinguished Chairman, Senator Patrick Leahy, in favor of these nominees.

I am not confident that the military tribunal is, by definition, the better way to go.

I agree with Senator Sessions about the importance of there being a rigorous and formal method for making the determination as to whether a case should proceed in civilian courts or in military tribunals.

I disagree with him that the military tribunal is the right answer in every case; I disagree with him that Mirandizing people is the wrong answer in every case.

Let the record reflect that all five heads were nodding in agreement.

That is the area where the prioritization would make the most sense?

I think it is a very valuable tool, and I assume that all of you would support mandatory DNA testing of violent criminals.

I meant mandatory testing of every single violent criminal.

I have just a minute or so left and two more questions.

For over a quarter of water systems have violated the arsenic or radioactive standards, there is no record that they were ever contacted by a regulator.

If that is the number, that is a little town of 6,000, 10 cases of bladder cases is a lot.

I would ask that within the Administration you use whatever efforts you have to try to assure that water and wastewater infrastructure are included in the jobs plan.

it really is not a deficit problem to move it forward and get it done now while we need the jobs.