Thomas R. Carper: “Thank you for bringing your expertise and knowledge from a previous part of your life to this body.”

I think that's really disgraceful, and it's unacceptable that the local DC courts have vacancies that last years because the Senate fails to act in a timely way.

Given how important this obviously is, my only regret is that we didn't have an opportunity to talk about it 24 hours ago.

For too long, the seats have not been filled, and not been filled properly.

I think that's really disgraceful, and it's unacceptable that the local DC courts have vacancies that last years because the Senate fails to act in a timely way.