I don't want somebody as attorney general who thinks he has to rubberstamp whatever the president says.

I think that we should not delay for the sake of delay, but delay until questions are answered.

We need to consider nominations as thoroughly and carefully as the American people deserve. No one is entitled to a free pass to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.

Justice [Sandra Day] O'Connor has been a guardian of the protections the Constitution provides the American people. She's come to provide balance and a check on government intrusion into our personal privacy and freedoms.

The American public is sick and tired of being lied to.

Of course no president, Democratic or Republican - no president - is above the law, as neither are you, nor I, nor anyone.

I'd like something that faces reality. We have 12 million people in this country that are undocumented - that's a reality. It's not going to be like they're all going to leave. One of the reasons I'm holding this hearing in the morning is to hear from somebody who actually understands what's involved here - Janet Napolitano - and I hope that from what she says and what we hear from her, we can start building some consensus.