Bill Clinton: “The Constitution requires the President to seek not only the consent…”

On the recordMay 15, 1994

The Constitution requires the President to seek not only the consent but the advice of the United States Senate, and I did that.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks on the Nomination of Stephen G. Breyer To Be a Supreme Court Associate Justice and an Exchange With Reporters

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