"I would be opposed to a government plan."
"I personally think that's impossible because of all the State and Federal regulations that are imposed on private plans that a government plan would never be subjected to."
"History already teaches us this lesson. In 1965, Medicare started as a political compromise where it would pay the same rates as the private sector."
"I want to say to Bob Casey who's taken a tremendous interest in children's issues and I'm very grateful to him."
"I have introduced the Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act, cosponsored by Senator Whitehouse."
"It is essential that Congress act swiftly to enact my bill to once again make the setting of minimum retail prices illegal."
"The most important job of a Supreme Court justice is to discern what the words on that piece of parchment mean."
"I am as struck today as I was the first time by the seriousness of our responsibility and its impact on America."
"I am looking to support a restrained jurist committed to the rule of law and the Constitution."
"If I had said anything remotely like that, my career would have been over."
"The American legal system requires that judges check their biases, personal preferences, and politics at the door of the courthouse."