 And when we draw lines in the sand with regard to certain basic things that are vital to our interest and to the interest of democracy and our friends around the world, we have to be willing to back that up. |
| Let's not overlook, though, what we do know about the campaign finance scandal, and the fact the Chinese were involved in our presidential campaign and our congressional campaigns. |
| I think that the justices were totally answering the way that they should. I think that the senators, as best I could tell, for the most part, Democrat and Republican, respected that. |
| In the end, we may be hurting the very people we should be concerned about - the inner-city poor, those who already have to live with many risks in their daily lives, those who do not have clout here in Washington. |
| So if you look back over the long history of China, they've never tried to take over the world, but they've been quite aggressive in their own neighborhood... in carrying out their own purposes and interests in their sphere of the world. |
| And I believe in the 13 years Judge Roberts was there, he never turned down a request to give some assistance on a pro-bono case, and this was no different. |
| We just ask the agency to make reasonable and honest decisions, and the public deserves no less. |
| Superfund was passed with the good intention of cleaning up America's toxic waste sites. |
| Sometimes you have to, as I say, build bridges where you can - but draw lines where you must. |
| We're hoping for the best, but we need to prepare for the worst. |
| Clearly, the Chinese know that we want a good relationship with them. |
| There are some hopeful signs coming out of China in the statements they've made since the since September 11. |
| So China will be having to make some choices as to whose side it wants to be on. Hopefully, this will be the beginning of a major improvement in our relationship with them, if they choose correctly. |
| But if the Chinese mainland, the PRC, attacked Taiwan, we'd be obligated to come to their aid. |
| You can't substitute promise after promise with known violators of prior promises at the expense of protecting ourselves or setting an example. |
| That is, while we believe that cost-benefit analysis is an important tool to inform agency decision making, the results of the cost-benefit analysis do not trump existing law. |
| For example, lead paint in old houses can be a greater threat to children's health than lead that may be under some industrial site where there are no children. |
| And it's difficult for the average American to understand why something like that could be so important and why a little small place like Taiwan would be so important to the PRC. |
| There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill. |
| While we believe there are fruitful opportunities to update and improve old rules, we do not want to set up a review process that could create a litigation morass. |
