Russ Feingold

Ms. Kagan, welcome and congratulations on your nomination.

One of the judiciary most important roles is to prevent powerful groups and corporations from running rough shot over the rights of individuals.

public confidence in the Court is extremely important just as it is crucial that the public has confidence in the integrity of its elected representatives.

More and more powerful economic interests are forcing consumers and employees to bring their disputes not to the courts but to a parallel legal system where the rule of law barely applies and where the outcome I think is stacked against…

I think it's important to point out that when you're in White House counsel's office, you have the job of evaluating the constitutionality of various policy proposals.

the reason that many people, including the President and many members of the community were outraged by the decision was not simply because the Court reversed its 2003 decision upholding the issue and provisions of the McCain-Feingold…

I think it's pretty clear that a ban on non-citizen contributions be unconstitutional (though abandoned foreign contributions would not be).

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I think that's an excellent answer.

I've long believed that the Second Amendment grants citizens a right to own firearms.

it's very damaging to the judiciary when a judge's neutrality can be questioned which is why I think, obviously, the ethical choices of a judge must be beyond reproach.

Thurgood Marshall argued 32 cases before the Supreme Court of the United States and won 29 of them.

I join all Americans in mourning the passing of Senator Robert C. Byrd. For more than five decades, Senator Robert Byrd served his home State, his beloved West Virginia, with a dedication that is unsurpassed in our Nation's history…

the National Security Strategy released last month rightly states: [d]ue to increased economic growth and political stability, individual nations are increasingly taking on powerful regional and global roles and changing the landscapes of…

Guinea is a fragile, resource-rich state in West Africa that has been plagued by political uncertainty since the death of its longtime President, Lansana Conte, in December 2008. Much of this upheaval can be attributed to the fact that the…

the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was a tragedy for the workers killed and their families. It has also become an economic disaster for the people of the gulf coast and an unparalleled environmental…

I am pleased to join with the Senator from Delaware, Mr. Carper, and the Senator from Arizona, Mr. McCain, and others in introducing the Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2010, a bill which effectively gives the President a line item veto…

Fortunately, as I urged, the current administration withdrew this flawed report.

I have been a strong supporter of cooperatives. I believe they often help small farmers to negotiate better prices with large suppliers, middlemen, and processors.

One of the best things about these workshops is they are an opportunity for the Department to hear the unvarnished comments of farmers and cheese makers and other Wisconsinites who think we should be doing more to protect family farms and…

I have been a strong proponent of the need for enhanced Federal agency collaboration and communication with respect to dairy competition over the last several years.

Over the past 2 years, we have seen what happens when the Government turns a blind eye to risky and self-serving activities on Wall Street.

once again, I wish to express my concern about the situation in Somalia. To put it frankly, the situation is appalling. Since the start of fighting in 2007, at least 21,000 people have been killed and more than 1.5 million have been…

One way to deter wrongdoing and encourage the kind of responsible, careful drilling we need is to increase the unrealistically low liability caps for damages caused by oil spills.

We have not regulated and we have to regulate, it is important, just like we need cops on the beat.