The Senate cannot confirm an individual... who would support a scheme that violates our Constitution, eviscerates congressional authority.

The Senate should refuse to confirm nominees who do not take Congressional power seriously.

Are we going to demand that they come before the Senate Judiciary Committee and renounce their faith before they become a federal judge?

I really think the Patriot Act violates our Constitution. It was, it is, an illegal act. The Congress, the Senate and the president cannot change the Constitution.

That's why I did all I could to support Lockheed Martin's selection process when it chose Selma as its designated site.

We've put our treasure and our moral authority and the lives of our soldiers to this effort. A lot of Americans wish we'd never been there and it hadn't cost so much ... but that's not the question.