That`s an abrogation of everything the Senate should stand for. You had a Republican member who went way over the time allotted and ignore the rules of the committee, badgered the nominee with would not even let her answer the questions…

I couldn’t help but think, was this aimed for this hearing or aimed for a political campaign? What are some of these senators doing? Making sound bites for their political campaigns, some of them running for president?

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Corporate Welfare

at a time of massive and growing income and wealth inequality, the American people are outraged at the unprecedented level of corporate greed that is taking place all around them. Today, while the working class of this country is…

Every single Member of this Committee...should know better than to conflate a nominee's past representation with their policy positions.

I believe that your experience as a Federal public defender has made you a better judge, helped you maintain impartial and balanced perspective in criminal and other cases.

you said you were the lucky first inheritor of Dr. King's civil rights legacy.

You know, any time I had an opportunity to argue a case at an appellate level, I don't think I ever thought about who nominated or appointed the judges I was before.

One doesn't have to have the same political beliefs or ideologies as a judicial nominee to recognize their integrity and intellect.

I think we ought to follow the regular order.

I'm so proud of your answers and I appreciate it.

And it also guarantees that our Constitution is going to be followed.

Any nomination--any nomination--to the Court is historic.

What do you say to people who say you're soft on crime or even anti-law enforcement because you accepted your duties as a public defender?

Judge Jackson is no judicial activist. She is not a puppet of the so-called radical left.

if you work across the ideological spectrum, you get better results.

Those of us who have spent time in courtrooms know you have to have both a skilled prosecutor and a skilled defender.

I commend you for your poise, your endurance, your thoughtful answers.