Pete Sessions

I would say as to the question raised by my esteemed colleague, I respect his economic judgment, but I respect the economic judgment more of Mr. Zandi of Moody's, Mr. Blinder of Princeton, and Mr. Taylor of the Taylor rule. They all have…

And Mr. Orszag was a former Congressional Budget Office head and also was chosen by President Obama when he first came to office for that significant, premier center of the government, the Office of Management and Budget, a student of…

Well, first of all, we need to make sure that, as we look at all that we're spending in Washington, D.C., with not only the -- the entitlement spending, but also the bigger government, we cannot afford anymore.

We need to make sure that as we look at -- at all that we are spending in Washington, D.C., with not only the -- the entitlement spending, but also the bigger government, we cannot afford anymore.

The stimulus was excessive spending that did not meet the intended targets.

The question becomes: Does it impact a fundamental right? At some point it does. We decided you cannot put a poll tax on people to say you have to pay money for your right to vote. People do not have to pay for the right to speak out about…

Well, did our Founding Fathers actually know this? What was their intent with regard to preserving the right to keep and bear arms when this language went into the Constitution?

I agree. I think we must study what our Constitution says, what the people who wrote it meant, and what rights the people retained for themselves when they created it and gave certain limited rights to the Federal Government. I do believe…

If the Senator will yield, this is a troubling thing. Justice Scalia has been a fierce critic of this, pointing out: What country do you pick? Do judges get to pick their own? It seems to me, from what the Senator said, it is clear that…

Given our tiny membership, meager budget, and lack of any office space, we possess neither the time nor the resources to routinely schedule campus rooms or advertise extensively for outside organizations, as is the norm for most recruiting…

I wonder how the Senator thinks they felt when they faced this kind of discrimination. ... to treat people who were designated by the President of the United States to be recruiters, to motivate other young men and women to join what I…

Well, you know, I think it might. If they have good judgment and are good people, I am not so worried where they come from. But when you have five people on the Supreme Court--and we will have that if she is confirmed--all from one of the…

Absolutely. Harvard had agreed to follow this law. Her predecessor as dean, Dean Clark, had agreed to do so. She seized upon an opportunity, without legal authority, to cease to comply with that law, denied the military full access to the…

There is absolutely no doubt about it. She openly sent an e-mail to all students and said she considered this policy that Congress adopted a moral injustice of the first order. On one occasion a military recruiter was apparently working in…

I certainly do not believe it is. As the Senator has noted repeatedly--and we serve on the Armed Services Committee together--this was not a military policy; this was a law passed by this Congress and signed by President Clinton, with whom…

Is it a bit contradictory that you would want to treat the military as 'separate but equal,' condemning them--the Air Force Judge Advocate General military person said they were condemned to wandering the halls of Harvard Law School in…

Well, I just do not want somebody to come back and say in the future that we had to file cloture to get a vote on this nomination, and you filibustered this nomination. I feel pretty strongly about that and am a bit uneasy that the leader…

The legislation before us today brings more uncertainty to the long-term solvency of the NFIP. This legislation risks more American jobs and adds more to our State, local, and Federal deficits. It is true, as the gentleman spoke of, that…

I think we are entitled to know how sensitive this nominee is going to be to the dangers of her impartiality being questioned, even if her actions are not such that clearly, as a matter of judicial ethics, mandates her recusal. I think we…

Let me ask the Senator, on that question, are the American people right or are the people who promoted this bill right? Are costs going up and is the quality of health care going down? What is the Senator's opinion?

I find it very interesting that the same people who are down here who are arguing for us to give them the responsibility and authority and who are espousing how balanced their bill is are the same people who are bankrupting this country…

Mr. Boehner said in his interview that we should raise the retirement age to 70, take their money, and put it towards the war. For 8 years, they abdicated their responsibility to pay for the war. Now they want to pay for it on the backs of…

Perhaps we have been too silent in failing to criticize some of the activities of Russia. We want to be friends with them, but good friends tell friends the truth. I believe my colleagues are speaking the truth.

Well, has the Senator ascertained that anybody in our government is scouring the world and the United States to try to move every single skimmer that could possibly be brought to the gulf coast? If not, we are awfully late, wouldn't the…

We still have difficulty getting firm numbers, as the Senator pointed out, about how many might be available and what prospects we have for the arrival of more skimmers, is that correct? ... We need results. It is not just about effort; we…