Trent Lott: “I again thank Senator Hatch for the effort. I remember even last year at one point I think we had approximately 70…”

“I again thank Senator Hatch for the effort. I remember even last year at one point I think we had approximately 70 judges on the calendar, a large number, and there was disagreement about how to proceed. There was an indication we would have to have a recorded vote on every one of them, even though many of them could be moved on a voice vote with no problem. It looked like we were not going to be able to move them, but Senator Daschle and I kept talking about them and kept working on it, and we began to move them in blocks. We finished the process and we had moved, I think, almost all of them, if not all of them. That was an example of how there can be cooperation in this very important area of confirmation of judges.”