"You have to convince me that it is important and helpful enough to send a person to jail who wants to exercise their right not to answer it."
"In these difficult economic times, when the federal government must drastically reduce its spending, we simply cannot continue to spend money without verifying that funds are being used as effectively..."
"It strikes me that there are three overarching questions: Number one, can government force citizens to accept certain religious beliefs; number two, can government prevent citizens from holding certai..."
"I started by talking about respect for the rule of law. And it really shouldn't matter, with the vagaries or vicissitudes of political cycles, what definitions mean."
"It is provable beyond a reasonable doubt in my judgment that main Justice had actual or constructive knowledge of gun walking, both in Fast and Furious and beforehand, and I am going to prove it to yo..."
"How can you deny that people in main Justice knew gun walking was going on before that February 4th letter was sent to a Member of Congress?"
"What is the practical impact of having a year and a half worth of litigation that has been undone?"
"there are not protestors that are Republican or Democrat in their judgment; there are not laws that are Republican or Democrat; there are not crime victims that are Republican or Democrat. It is just ..."
"I thank the gentlelady from the District of Columbia and the gentleman from Missouri."
"If you do not like the law, change it, but to ask Mr. Jarvis, Chief Lanier, the Capital Hill Police who all have very difficult jobs to also have to decide which laws to enforce and which ones not to."
"My advice is either enforce the rule or regulation as written or change it but selecting it in some States and not others will undermine respect for rule of the law."
"Well, Mr. Attorney General, it contained material demonstrably false statements. Agreed?"