462 Quotes by Arlen Specter

The lack of carbon monoxide discloses only that there was no fire long enough to have gotten into the respiratory systems of the people who were so tested, ... It doesn't say anything else.

There is a great mystique of the Senate Caucus Room, ... We are going to open up the hearings there.

We all have a responsibility to ask probing questions to determine qualification beyond academic and professional standing.

I'm going to listen to what he says and I'm going to respond to it the best I can,

There is no firmly established rule as to how much a nominee must say to be confirmed, ... While I personally consider it inappropriate to ask a nominee how he would vote on a specific matter likely to come before the court, senators may ask whatever they choose and the nominee is similarly free to respond as he chooses.

We all have our points of view, and they were expressed pretty forcefully in quite a number of the rounds of questions,

I'm not going to be a party to spending more than the president asked for,

What I'm referring to are all of the forces which are at work out here commanding media attention and commanding public attention, ... There's been more controversy before this nominee has uttered a formal word than I have ever heard.

There could be a real tough battle here and a real tough fight, depending on whom the president puts up,