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I do not want to stay in Washington.
Facts are neither Republican nor Democrat.
I'm unelectable in the District of Columbia.
I’m unelectable in the District of Columbia.
What is our recourse, Mr. Speaker? What is our remedy?
Unless your name is Jack Bauer, you cannot make people talk.
Honestly, I have heard a lot in my 16 years as a prosecutor.
It always matters whether or not you can trust your government.
It always matters, whether or not you can trust your government.
My daughter took Latin for three years; she still cant speak it.
My daughter took Latin for three years; she still can't speak it.
I'm not searching for ways to tell the District of Columbia what to do.
I taught the Constitution for ten years, I believe in the Constitution.
I listen to Gov. Romney have to apologize because he has been successful.
There's no way we can get to the bottom of Benghazi without David Petraeus.
The notion that the First Amendment has no limitations whatsoever is balderdash.
For 16 years I spoke in trial metaphors, and perhaps I need to get out of that habit.
I cannot and will not raise money on Benghazi. I also advise my colleagues to follow suit.
The president already has a Nobel Prize for peace. I think he's shooting for one in fiction.
I believe being a good senator requires two things. Number one, acumen. Number two, interest.
You may be less likely to pick on someone if you dont know whats in their briefcase or purse.
If you were summoned for jury duty and you didn't show up, what would happen? You'd be in jail!
You may be less likely to pick on someone if you don't know what's in their briefcase or purse.
I don't like bonuses for public services employees who do great jobs, like prosecutors or judges.
Benghazi matters because Americans deserve to know the truth from those entrusted to lead and govern.
I thought that was the crown jewel of the reporter's resume - to actually go to jail protecting a source.
You don't get John Gotti to testify against his driver. You get the driver to testify against John Gotti.
I'm going to help the committee regardless of any position I have. I will volunteer to be a summer intern.
No law can give Congress a backbone if it refuses to stand off as the coequal branch the Constitution made it.
If you can turn off certain categories of law, do you not also have the power to turn off all categories of law?
Your memo is trumping a Congressional statute. You don't have the discretion on whether to follow the law or not.
I was on the campaign trail for 18 months. I never got a question about the District of Columbia in South Carolina.
There's no use to having the majority if you are going to be hamstrung by your perception of political vicissitudes.
The United States attorney in South Carolina was a Barack Obama appointee. Politically, he is to the left of Mao Zedong.
When people in positions of trust mislead us - either recklessly, negligently or intentionally - that impacts the republic.
These last few years we've seen an unacceptable abuse of power, having a president whose priority is expanding his own power.
I suspect that with men like General Petraeus, where honor means something - losing your life is secondary to losing your honor.
There's several different forms of executive privilege. The one that is most absolute would be close advisers talking to the president himself.
What do we do with a president who can basically change what Congress passed by attaching a letter saying I don't agree with this part or that part?
It is actually costlier to hire an immigrant. And yet the farm worker is almost invariably an immigrant. You can't pay an American to pick blueberries.
She was fabulously wrong when she said it the first time, and stunningly arrogant in her refusal to express any regret for lying to our fellow citizens.
What did Republicans get for 16 days of a government shutdown with people being hurt? We have absolutely nothing to show for it, other than a damaged brand.
While people are free to draw different conclusions from the facts, there should be no debate over whether the American public is entitled to have all of the facts.
The same Constitution that allows her the right, if she wants to, to sit there and say nothing, allows these groups the right to petition their government for redress.
The reason I like the criminal justice system is there aren't Republican or Democrat victims or police officers or prosecutors. It's about respect for the rule of law!
I don't think the president had anything to do with Fast and Furious. I'm not sure Eric Holder did, which leads to a conversation about whether he should have known about it.
It's really beneath the office of a member of Congress to say something that outrageous. The fact that she was once the Speaker is mind-numbing, honestly... mind-numbingly stupid.
When you go into public service, you understand you're trading something. You want to feel good about what you do, but you're not going to make what people in private sector make.
I can tell you this. It is not going to be evenly constituted and when she was Speaker Pelosi, she certainly showed no interests in having an equal number of Republicans and Democrats.
If a president can change some laws, can he change ALL laws? Can he change election laws? Can he change discrimination laws? Are there any laws, under your theory, that he actually HAS to enforce?