In deciding the case, the Supreme Court not only, in my view, engaged in questionable analysis of American law, it spent perhaps 20 percent of its legal analysis discussing the laws of Great Britain, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iran, Pakistan, Nigeria and China, |
It is so addictive, ... There is no supervision. |
It is the only time that . . . you'll have the opportunity to be directly lobbied in the political context in an appropriate way. |
It is unfair for our hospitals to bear a hugely disproportionate burden for mandated emergency health treatment for illegal aliens. |
It ought to be done by the elected officials themselves because they have the credibility. And it's not like we aren't willing to help. |
It's a symptom of too much government largesse. Everyone is elbowing their way to the trough to get their fair share. |
It's in many respects the centerpiece of this legislation, ... We ought not to be doing the bill without that key element. |
It's not consistent with somebody who knows national security information and how to treat it. |
justify reductions in spending in other programs. |
Laws against sports betting and Internet gambling advance important social policy, ... We've had a ban on interstate sports gambling through telephone lines or wires since 1961. So long as we fail to clearly adapt this law to include the Internet, we will leave unchecked a dangerous and growing addiction. |
More than a billion dollars will be gambled over the Internet this year, ... Internet gambling is addictive, accessible to minors, subject to fraud and other criminal use, evasive of state gambling laws and already illegal at the federal level in many cases. We need to update the law to help it keep up with technology and close the loopholes that have allowed this activity to flourish. |
no judicial nominee should be compelled to answer any question that would force him or her to prejudge or signal future conclusions regarding any case or issue. |
One is not qualified for the court by virtue of his position on issues, but rather by his ability to judge fairly, |
One of the things that makes our military the best in the world is the certain knowledge of each soldier, sailor, airman, and Marine that they can always count on their comrades should they need help - that they will never be abandoned. |
One way that we might encourage others to come forth with potential savings is to demonstrate that we ourselves are willing to forgo this COLA, ... It's a gesture that members of the Senate ought to make. |