17 Quotes by Nevada Democrat

There was a discussion of names. It was mainly our suggesting names to him and talking about names to him. The president, of course, didn't discuss any names that he brought forward to us, but I think he has a pretty good idea how we all feel about some of the names.

The one question I ask throughout all this: Where is President Bush? On an issue which is this important, I haven't seen his congressional liaison working the halls. I haven't seen them here.

This is really good news for every American. Checks and balances have been protected.

It's almost Orwellian: Everything that he's done is just the opposite of what he has said.

I must resolve my doubts in favor of the American people whose rights would be in jeopardy if John Roberts turns out to be the wrong person for the job.

I have reluctantly concluded that this nominee has not satisfied the high burden that would justify my voting for his confirmation based on the current record.

If he were actually committed to comprehensive immigration reform, he would have stopped his own party from filibustering it twice last week.

I believe it is essential that we hold both the intelligence agencies and senior policy-makers accountable.