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Jon Kyl: “This goes back, I would advise the Senator from Utah, to the question of whether or not there has been a full…”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2003
This goes back, I would advise the Senator from Utah, to the question of whether or not there has been a full opportunity to discover what this nominee believes, what his background is, whether he is well qualified, whether there has been an opportunity, in other words, to question him and whether he has provided full and complete information. Would the Senator from Utah advise all of us how many hours, if it was hours, this nominee was before the Judiciary Committee and whether he answered all of the questions that were put to him at that hearing?
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Jon Kyl
Republican · Arizona

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Questioning the thoroughness of the nomination process during Senate debate.

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