Political Quotes

“Exactly. At the rate of 1.4 judges per hearing, there is no way we will be able to have enough judge nominations that can come to the Senate floor for confirmation before we adjourn for the year. That is why we have to not only have more hearings but we have to have more judges at each hearing. Basically, there are a couple of dozen, or more, of these pending 36 that haven't had hearings. That means that even if you have one hearing per week rather than one per month, and you have maybe five candidates per hearing, you are just barely going to be able to have enough hearings to get the candidates voted on and get them to the Senate floor in order for us to be able to confirm them before year's end. While it is true that it is not too late, it will be too late if we don't get a commitment right away to have the Judiciary Committee hold hearings for the candidates and have business meetings at which the committee can then vote on them, and then have the ability for the full Senate to take up the nomination.”