Political Quotes

“I said I didn't think we needed to fill the 12th, and I had questions about the 11th. But there are now 4 vacancies, and I don't think there is any doubt we need to fill numbers 9 and 10. When we get up to No. 11, maybe I will have a question still, and I might even not support filling the 12th. But that was a totally different situation because we were talking about the 12th and final vacancy. Here we have four vacancies, and I have advocated that we fill two of them. In view of the objection that was heard, let me ask my colleague if he would agree to the following, and I propound this request: I ask unanimous consent no later than May 9, 2002, the Judiciary Committee will conclude hearings on at least seven of the eight remaining of those nominations made by President Bush on May 9, 2001, to the D.C. Circuit Courts of Appeals.”