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Barbara Boxer: “To me it is, in a way, a moving moment. So often we stand on the floor and we talk about delays and so on and so forth.…”

On the recordFebruary 11, 1998
To me it is, in a way, a moving moment. So often we stand on the floor and we talk about delays and so on and so forth. But when you put the human face on this issue and you have a woman and her husband and her son and a law firm that was so excited about this nominee, and you add to that 2 years of twisting in the wind and not knowing whether this day would ever come, you have to say that today is a wonderful day. So, before my colleague leaves, I wanted to say to him: Thank you for being there for Margaret Morrow and, frankly, all of the people of America. Because she will make an excellent judge.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Expressing gratitude for support of a judicial nominee during Senate floor debate.

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