Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I come to the floor to talk about a very important responsibility that the Senate has to deal with in an expeditious manner--a Supreme Court nomination. In a practice consistent with every single Supreme Court nominee before him, President Obama's nominee to fill the vacancy, Judge Merrick Garland, submitted his completed questionnaire yesterday to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Inside 6 boxes were 141 pages--with 2,066 pages of appendices--in which Judge Garland provided incredibly thorough answers to the standard questions asked of every Supreme Court candidate. He detailed the highlights of his career, his published writings, the many honors and awards he received, the cases he litigated, the judicial opinions he gave, as well as his speeches and his interviews. Despite the fact that Senate Republicans have forced Judge Garland into an unprecedented limbo, he remains focused on the task before him. He has acted with the greatest decency, thoughtfulness, and bipartisanship while agreeing to meet with 46 Senators, including 14 Republicans. Judge Garland respects the process. Why can't Senate Republicans? President Obama clearly respected the process when he picked Judge Garland, who--as Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, the second most important court in the country-- has more Federal judicial experience than any other Supreme Court nominee in history. Let me repeat that.…”