01/26/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"The bottom line is one of the problems the court has now is that Mr. Ricci has a story to tell, too."
"I think and believe, based on what I know about you so far, that you are broad-minded enough to understand that America is bigger than the Bronx, is bigger than South Carolina."
"We all now agree it is an individual right."
"You have, I think, consistently, as an advocate, took a point of view that was left of center. You have, as a judge, been generally in the mainstream."