What I do not understand is, what is the jeopardy of just waiting, not just to digest these documents but other documents?

I want to urge the Department of Justice to stand strong and hold fast against this onslaught which threatens the basic principles of our democracy.

You would think that Republicans and Democrats do not talk to each other, but I would like to remind the public that when they think that happens, they ought to think of the record of this Committee.

That is what sustains democracy, that commitment to ordinary, everyday Americans participating and engaging in this process.

I believe that the heroes will be our independent judiciary and our free press.

This vote and this proceeding could not be more consequential in light of what is at stake: whether women can decide when they want to have children and become pregnant; whether the people of America can decide whom they would like to…

It is not to exercise empathy. It is to follow written laws.

This is why we talk about an independent judiciary. This is why they wear robes.

I am confident that Judge Kavanaugh will become Justice Kavanaugh and will be confirmed to the United States Supreme Court.

The question is does he have the character and temperament to do that.

For our Constitution places power not in the hands of this city's bureaucracy, which cannot be fired, but our Constitution places the policymaking power in the 535 of our hands.

Some of my colleagues keep saying that we have only 6 percent of Judge Kavanaugh's White House records but that 99 percent of Justice Kagan's White House records were made public before the hearing.

The reason the Democrats are fighting so loudly on this issue is they are making a demand they know is impossible to meet.

The over a half million documents turned over to this Committee is more than the last five nominees submitted to this Committee combined.

The claims that the Democrats are putting forward on documents do not withstand any serious scrutiny.

The Senate is not and never should be a rubber stamp, particularly when it comes to issuing lifetime appointments.

Those documents written by other people say nothing, zero, about Judge Kavanaugh's views.

Some of the greatest moments in American judicial history have been when judges stood up to the other branches, were not cowed, and enforced the law.