Our job is to assess how this nominee's decisions will impact the American people.

Merrick Garland was widely regarded as a mainstream moderate nominee.

Garland is the best there is. He is the finest judge I have ever met. There is no one who is his peer.

He may be the perfect human being.

I sat on 5,000 cases. These were women convicted of felonies in the State of California.

Garland's integrity is off the scales.

Judge Garland has no weaknesses.

I would like to put three letters of opposition in the record.

I have seen people die horrible deaths, family, of cancer, when there was no hope.

If these judgments, when combined, do not constitute super precedent, I do not know what does.

Roe ensured that women and their doctors will decide what is best for their care, not politicians.

The Supreme Court has the final say on whether a woman will continue to have control over her own body.

I happen to hold the view that a Member of this Government is held to a different standard than an attorney may be in private life.

Mr. Speaker, President Trump has made some implausible statements recently, but one that certainly takes the cake on the issue of health care is when he said that nobody knew that health care could be so complicated. Well, for President…

Mr. Speaker, here are the facts: the Affordable Care Act covered over 20 million Americans. The House Republicans' bill will strip 24 million people of their health care. I have received thousands of calls, emails, and social media…

Mr. Speaker, since 2013 I have flown the pride flag outside my D.C. office in solidarity with the LGBT community. According to the House historian, I was the first to do so, a fact that I am very proud of. Yesterday, outside my office in…

Mr. Chairman, I thank the Chair for accepting my amendment, and I look forward to our continued bipartisan work together to provide high-quality care for our veterans. I yield back the balance of my time. {time} 0945

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 15, line 9, insert ``, including each medical center, domiciliary facility, outpatient…