Pete Domenici: “anyone who doubted whether or not there were certain Democrats who intend to filibuster this nomination just heard a…”

“anyone who doubted whether or not there were certain Democrats who intend to filibuster this nomination just heard a leading Senator who is going to espouse that. Two weeks of debate, he said; he hopes we will still be discussing this nomination then. It is the desire of at least one Senator, the Senator from New York, that this nominee not be approved, and that we will not have the opportunity to vote because they will not give us time. Madam President, I come from a State, New Mexico, where 42 percent of the people are from what we generally call Hispanic descent--42 percent. Some people wonder why the Senator from New Mexico has different views than some of you around here. Well, we have 8 to 10 percent Native American Indians. If my arithmetic is right, when you add the two, there is about 51 percent either Hispanics or Native American Indians in my State. I say right up front, I am not afraid of the views of a Hispanic whether he is a Democrat or a Republican.”