Pete Domenici: “I repeat, it is one thing to delay; it is another thing to talk a lot; and it is yet another thing to attempt to get the…”

“I repeat, it is one thing to delay; it is another thing to talk a lot; and it is yet another thing to attempt to get the issue that is before us and find a way around it and cloud the issue. That is all that is happening this morning with the discussion by the Democratic leadership, joined by certain Democratic Senators, when they argue that Republicans, by insisting that we vote on this nominee, are in some way failing to do justice to the economic problems that exist in our country. I hope it doesn't take a lot more discussion for people to understand that is absolutely an untruth. It is an absolutely irrelevant argument. They can talk all they like about the economy and quit talking about Miguel Estrada and not one single thing will happen to benefit the American workers, not one thing. We need to do something, and what we must do is decide whether we want the President's plan or some modification of it. The only way we can do that is to move with dispatch on the issues before us, those issues, in the way prescribed under our rules. There is no one suggesting we should throw away our rules and pass a plan tomorrow morning. Nobody is suggesting we do that. In due course, in the matter of only a few weeks, we will be voting on whose plan should be adopted to help the American economy move forward. I submit that the facts are overwhelming that the arguments against Miguel Estrada are not justified. Those arguments do not justify these delays.”