Pete Sessions

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…

Absolutely. I think that is the essence of what happened. She eventually acknowledged that at no time was the Solomon Amendment not in force at Harvard when she was there. I know Senator McCain remembers that we passed four versions of the…

No. In fact, it took the president of Harvard, Larry Summers--now President Obama's chief financial economic adviser; he was then president of Harvard--he had to reverse her decision when he was faced with the loss of Federal funds. 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…

I rise to speak of my concerns over Ms. Elena Kagan's refusal as Solicitor General of the United States to defend Federal laws--laws with which she clearly did not agree and with which her President, President Obama, did not agree. Her…

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 dean of career services told the Air Force JAG: He stated that the faculty had still not decided whether to allow us to participate in on-campus interviews. . . . I asked him if I could at least post a job posting via their office and…

I do not agree. There was a foul and there was a harm. But even if there had not been a harm, there was a foul. It was very wrong to blame the U.S. military for the don't ask, don't tell policy, and very, very, very wrong to blame some…

I appreciate Chairman Leahy. He is a strong and effective leader of our committee. We agree a lot of times. I try to work with him, and sometimes we disagree. One thing we will soon be doing that I look forward to very much is going to the…

Mr. Speaker, here we are on the floor talking about raising energy prices, diminishment of jobs, further debt, a Federal Government that's going to be empowered to do more in the gulf with regulation, and yet we haven't even taken time to…

I am delighted to hear back from my colleagues about how this change is doing such a great job for their constituents back home. Robust, I am sure, economic times in Massachusetts to where they don't have to worry about an adequate supply…

It is the 35th time this Congress that I have handled a rule. Once again, it is another closed rule. In fact, as we aim for our 6-week recess, we recognize how important it is for Members of this body to go back home and to receive…

Once again this morning my Democratic colleagues are trying to scare this country. The facts of the case are that, as a result of the economic downturn of this country because of high taxes and more rules and regulations, more people are…

I appreciate my colleague from Colorado raising these issues. The Senate does have a responsibility to treat nominees fairly. I have worked to do that as ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, and they are entitled to be considered on…

I wish to share a few thoughts on the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. This nominee has the least experience of any nominee in the last 50 years, perhaps longer than that, having practiced law only about 2 years, right out…

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 wish to speak on a very serious issue relating to the confirmation of Solicitor General Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court of the United States. As I was preparing for her hearings, I noted what struck me as a disturbing decision she had…

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…

Well, I think that is exactly correct. I will say that whether or not being a high official in this administration, which is so committed to passing this legislation, whether that in itself legally requires a person to recuse themselves on…

This is a fundamental question. The Constitution gives the U.S. Government the right to regulate interstate commerce, that is true. The Supreme Court, at times, has taken a most minimal effect on interstate commerce and says the Federal…

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?

As I said earlier, it is important to provide consumer safety and security in the marketplace, but our constituents are also concerned about much, much more. They are concerned about jobs, they are concerned about the economy, and they are…

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…