MARK WARNER, Virginia
We recommended him to the President for nomination in June of last year.
In John Gibney, we've got somebody who I think is a lawyer's lawyer, somebody who understands those challenges.
Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, Senator Klobuchar, Senator Sessions, Senator Grassley, Senator Coburn, for this opportunity.
I have enormous respect for you, and I could live with the situation as long as we got rid of the secret holds.
I am proud to note that Mr. Gibney is a product of Virginia's educational institutions.
It is ridiculous that 18 months into this President's Administration, we have so many senior members of this Administration still waiting to...
It is a sham to me when we have the time of the Senate delayed to go through all this process and then time and again these judges are confi...
I cannot in any way explain to folks in Virginia, why in a kind of a secret way someone can put somebody's future on hold indefinitely makes...
I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to try bring a little--while respectful of the Senate's traditions a...
I think, in short, the chief executive ought to have their team in place.
If you take away Minority resistance, the role the Majority Leader and his senior leadership plays vastly changes in the whole game.
The focus has been legislation. I do not think the Nation has been diminished.
I give my full-fledged endorsement to [John Gibney].
I continue to be impressed by the caliber of the candidates that the Virginia bar has been putting forward.
The fact that this hearing is already being held, we are grateful for the speedy, expeditious manner in which you are addressing this issue.
I believe President Obama has made an extraordinary choice in nominating John Gibney.
Because of their work, their leadership, the Post-9/11 GI Bill came into being.
