Orrin Hatch

I do not think you have taken the opportunity on the circuit to be a cause-driven judge.

That to me is an absurd, dangerous standard.

I am looking to support a restrained jurist committed to the rule of law and the Constitution.

The American legal system requires that judges check their biases, personal preferences, and politics at the door of the courthouse.

I am as struck today as I was the first time by the seriousness of our responsibility and its impact on America.

If I had said anything remotely like that, my career would have been over.

The Constitution requires that judges be free from personal politics, feelings, and preferences.

I hope that would not have disqualified me.

I can assure you that if I applied Senator Obama's standard to your nomination, I wouldn't vote for you.

The Supreme Court should be made up of men and women who are on the side of the law and the Constitution.

I have great confidence in the job Dr. Hamburg will do as commissioner of the FDA.

I urge my colleagues not to use partisan, political delay tactics to prevent this committee or the Senate from moving Dr. Hamburg's nomination as quickly as possible.

The GAO report has indicated that the biggest problem is that you do not have enough funds.

I would like to know the answer to that. It is just interesting to me.

During the announcement by President Obama to appoint you as FDA Commissioner, the President also appointed Dr. Josh Sharfstein as the principal FDA Deputy Commissioner.

It is time for us to act.

We do need to move it along. We do need to make sure that people are given fair hearings.

I hope you will drive that home because once we have the highest facilities with the best equipment, then we will be able to attract some of the best scientists.

I think that is right. That is why I asked that question.

We need to make the safety and efficacy process move more smoothly.

I think it is one of the most important agencies in the world.

Families across the country deserve an FDA Commissioner who is going to help protect them from unsafe food or drugs and who will always put science over politics.

We need to come up with a better way of handling these kids that otherwise have not had much of a chance.

We are not winning this war on drugs at all, in my opinion, and we need a better system.

I think we have far too many people who are drug addicted in jail. We have got to find a better system than what we have now.