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Alex Padilla: My hope is that the partisan considerations that may have affected some in the questioning of Judge Jackson will be set…

On the recordMarch 20, 2022
My hope is that the partisan considerations that may have affected some in the questioning of Judge Jackson will be set aside and that Members of this Committee, out of their love for the country, and its people, and the future of the Court, will do what's right.
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Alex Padilla
Democratic · California

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Padilla expresses hope for bipartisan support for Judge Jackson's confirmation.

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