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As we proceed toward the U.S. Senate hearings for her confirmation, I expect she will provide more information about her life's work. I'll need to see this objective evidence prior to making my decision.

It's actually kind of a recent idea that in order to judge a nominee, you had to have tons and tons of paper, ... For most of history it was, you know, someone's nominated, probably a friend of the president ... You had hearings, and in the hearings you asked some questions, and the questions gave you the answers, and that was it. No one asked about how you were going to rule in Roe v. Wade, how you were going to rule in Miranda, whatever.

It is up to the congressional hearings to make a detailed estimation as to the accuracy of representations made by HHS as to robust, viable and diverse lines, ... bovine serum.

It's a good experience. I was surprise last time at just how engaged and well-educated on the issue the congressmen were. I thought of the hearings as something being just for show. I got the feeling everyone was taking it quite seriously. It was a challenging and educational experience. It's good that they're doing these kinds of things.

It is worrying that companies are applying for licences that cannot possibly be granted. It will potentially waste time and money by people attending hearings when the applicants have no chance of succeeding.

It is unfair to start the hearings before she's ready,

It's not something that anyone from the outside can do. So I look forward to these hearings and other hearings at how you will get to the conclusions.

It makes the hearings even more important, ... It raises the bar higher, simply because the job is even higher. Chief justice is at another level.

It's scandalous. Congress should have hearings about the lack of information that's available.

Congress should now enact legislation that reflects the court's carefully balanced decisions on liberty and security. The Judiciary Committee ought to hold hearings immediately to begin the process of enacting legislation.

It's clear from comments made in hearings this week that increased export opportunities for U.S. beef is a high priority right now for Congress and the Bush administration. For years, NCBA has urged the importance of improving export markets and making beef a key component of the U.S. trade agenda. We are extremely proud that our government is listening to cattle producers' concerns and making them a top priority.

It's hardly surprising that the Alliance for Justice would join PFAW and NARAL in their obligatory opposition to Judge Roberts. Nan Aaron first attacked Judge Roberts a mere 27 minutes after he was nominated and today's Alliance for Justice announcement is the continuation of a false smear campaign borne of a political agenda in lock step with the Michael Moore wing of the Democrat party. As the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares for the confirmation hearings next week, one can only hope that Democrats will choose to approach the hearings in a dignified fashion and reject the over-hyped attacks by the far left.

it was not requested in the President's budget, was non-competitive, was not the subject of hearings and appeared only in the House version.

Nothing is over until it's over. What's really important is to let the dust settle a little and to let the implications of these hearings settle in.

It will be at least several weeks because it's a complicated matter and we will have to digest very carefully the information that we obtain from the hearings and the information that we have obtained in writing.

The vote was 10-8 the day President Bush nominated him, the vote was 10-8 when the hearings began, the vote was 10-8 yesterday, and the vote is 10-8 today.

They can run their hearings any way they want to, I suppose. Employment in Arizona will come to a halt.

These two days of hearings have been invaluable. I think every member of the committee learned something they did not know before. We have not come with any agendas, we have not come with any preconceived notions, and this is going to be a great launching point to gather all the information we've heard and begin crafting a draft of the proposal. We're excited about it, and we're anxious to be moving forward.

Once they get through the traditional fact-finding period, it is after that point that they would have public hearings into the matter. They will go through the normal course of their investigation, which is the fact-finding period.

Not necessarily impeachment articles filed, but hearings on the subject, and I think the public would expect that." ()

After the hearings on the House side in March and after receiving the commissioner's letter (re tougher penalties), we had discussions both before and after. There was an agreement that it would be unfair to change the deal in the middle of the season. I then sent the tapes of the (March) hearings to the players. I had an obligation to meet with them all, which I did.

It's rather unique to have two confirmation hearings back to back here from the same family.

The International Relations Committee, on which I sit, has held only two hearings this year regarding Iraq - a woefully insufficient number.

The fear is that you'll have some hearings and then they will degenerate into partisan bickering and name-calling, with members of Congress claiming a holier-than-thou approach and possibly the public might start to laugh at them ... And that would probably further turn off voters and increase the cynicism and therefore nothing would change,

I intend to watch this unfolding story closely and to hold oversight hearings when appropriate.

Initially, we took the administration policy and put it in the bill just to clarify and give certainty to the industry on what they could and couldn't do, ... But I have agreed to do hearings in committee, and go through the regular process, and bring it to the floor later this year as a stand-alone bill or as a part of another piece of legislation.

I'll be surprised if we actually end up with hearings in two weeks. There's so little enthusiasm for this nominee anywhere, and it's hurting the president so much at this time when he's otherwise in trouble. I do think she'll withdraw.

If there ever was a time when the hearings are going to make a huge difference, it's now,

If the other two hearings draw a crowd like this, I'll be very pleased.

I never would've thought in Homeland Security that you would see someone saying that we needed to have hearings on radicalization of Christianity because it's a purported threat to America as much as radicalization of Islam.

It has been my experience that the hearings are a subtle minuet with nominees answering as many questions as they think they have to in order to be confirmed.

His expressions in the hearings on legal philosophy are right in the mainstream of legal tradition and legal thinking.

But I think that it is important to elevate the public consciousness as to what is going on. The four hearings we have had and the way the matter is drifting, in my view, is insufficient to safeguard civil liberties.

I can't tell you how many hearings we've had where first off people can't hear, even if they get in there, because they're just not designed that well, and second there's just not that much room, ... After the staff and the press gets in there, there might be room for 15 citizens.

I don't think the hearings gave us a much better sense of how he will approach hot-button social issues.

How far it goes after that with congressional hearings or if there is indeed an indictment, a trial of the matter, I can not predict because I don't know what the charges would be or what the circumstances would be. But I think that Mr. Starr is under considerable pressure to fish or cut bait and I think that he is going to have to decide to do something in May or June at the latest.

I do confirm this information and my reaction to this is negative, the authorities should not do this and the court hearings should've been held openly. This reinforces the notion that there is something that the authorities want to conceal from the public.

Hearings have started; Congress is starting to ask questions. It?s still very early in the process. They will consider it, and those questions will come up and be dealt with.

Hearings for a Supreme Court nominee should not have a political tilt for either Republicans or Democrats, ... They should, in substantive fact and in perception, be for all Americans.

Governor Lynch believes that pardon hearings should only be granted in extraordinary circumstances, not as a substitute for the legal system. A pardon hearing would essentially involve retrying this case 15 years later, which would be unfair to the victim, difficult to administer and not the role of a pardon hearing.

You know, not that I'm not sensitive about it. Last year when we had the congressional hearings on March 17, people said there's a dark cloud hanging over the game. Turns out last year may have been the greatest year in our history in terms of attendance and everything else.

The main audience is the public, and what it's fundamentally interested in is looking at a nominee, sizing him up. And that's what hearings do: see if he stands up under fire, see if seems like a decent, intelligent, upright person. He seems to have hit a home run.

The typical experience with hearings is that they are set piece theatre. You have a sense this is really a foregone conclusion and they're just going through the motions.

The truth is that no internal reviews or congressional hearings will change the Secret Service's broken management culture. It needs better leadership.

These hearings have an impact on investor psychology, they make people nervous, and that's why we're having a rally at the close.

These hearings are going to be a stark contrast to the Roberts hearings. Can you picture her answering some of the questions that Roberts was asked?

These pre-trial hearings are often changed at the last minute.

The Enron hearings aren't going to help a lot.

The hearings will not start until there is a date agreeable to her, ... It would be unfair to start the hearings before she is ready.

The hearings will be focused on how she approaches constitutional issues, her capacity to handle them,

The hearings are designed to be open to those who are not attorneys. I've assured him he will be forwarded all the courtesies and that he won't be held to the same standards as an attorney would.

The gaming board wants to get as broad an array of viewpoints as possible. The hearings are as much for the public as they are for the board. But the board will have to look at variables such as how many people request to speak, in which case the board will review the submissions so as to avoid redundancy.

The city didn't feel it was appropriate to broadcast the hearings. They felt it could create a circus atmosphere. We were hoping everybody would get to watch it - that's the best way for people to know what happens in these hearings and make a decision based on that. It's the best thing for the citizens, especially if the council's going to lean toward pushing this toward a ballot measure.

The commission regulation on procedures in antitrust cases is very explicit. It says oral hearings should not be held in public.

I don't think it's wise for members to try and outline a strategy other than to make sure these hearings are comprehensive and they're done with dignity and respect for the nominee. The future will take care of itself.