Since you became a legal adult, have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or committed any verbal or physical harassment or assault of a sexual nature?

I did not want the fact that women have had to endure -- basically, women -- of this kind of assault and harassment since, as I called -- put it, time immemorial, I did not want that swept under the rug.

Everything, because, as the hours were on, and she kept getting attacked in an unfounded way, I -- it truly came home to me how important she will be on the Supreme Court.

That hypocrisy felt particularly glaring to me.

I say because they`re running for president. Let`s be honest here.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Remembering Madeleine Albright

today we lost a towering figure in American and world history. Madeleine Albright was one of the smartest, strongest diplomats that we have ever had. She came to America as a refugee and helped move the country closer to the promise that…

I want to thank everyone for being here today.

The American tradition of zealous representation of unpopular clients is at least as old as John Adams` representation of the British soldiers charged in the Boston Massacre.

I have been a military lawyer for almost 30 years. I represented people as a defense attorney in the military that were charged with some pretty horrific acts. And I gave them my all. This system of justice that we`re so proud of in…

I think court watchers acknowledge there is an ideologically -- ideological split in this current Supreme Court, when we are seeing more cases decided on ideological bases, not on the facts and the law.

the minute Justice Gorsuch was confirmed, the Court finally had a conservative 5-4 majority to overturn Abood.

I have been asking every nominee that comes before the Committees on which I sit the two questions that I asked you at the start of my time.

One cannot overstate the importance of representation.

an increasing readiness to overturn precedent.

My Republican colleagues made a big show yesterday of promising a fair process and, to me, that means ensuring that you are treated no differently than any other Federal judges that have got--nominees that have come before us.

I think the LGBTQ+ community is very, very concerned about that.

Before I end, I also wanted to mention I was so glad to hear you reference Constance Baker Motley during your introductory press conference at the White House.