I believe that this nominee should be opposed by my colleagues. I hope my Republican friends and colleagues will step forward and speak out and ask for a truly full, fair investigation by the FBI before a hearing.

Your question, Anderson, points exactly to the need for a full and fair FBI investigation before there is a hearing. Otherwise, we're going to be asking those questions in the dark. We'll be shooting, in effect, blindfolded.

I believe Dr. Ford, this survivor. There's every reason to believe her. She has come forward knowing that she faces a nightmare of hostile and probably vicious scrutiny.

But wouldn't you agree, Ms. Quigley, that the results of that investigation would be valuable to this committee, to our colleagues, in----

Have these rollbacks in the standards stifled innovation?

I wonder if you could tell the Committee how have existing fuel economy standards resulted in innovation within GE and the electric vehicle market?

And maybe we should postpone voting until we have the results of that investigation?

Thanks, Mr. Chairman.

I think he should come forward or she, because there's an obligation to tell the American people even more about the reasons that this official has such deep-seated and frankly alarming views of the chaotic, out of control, potentially…

There is a need for Congress to investigate much more aggressively so much of the law breaking and wrongdoing, the culture of corruption in this administration.

He failed to establish that judicial independence. He has the right rhetoric, would be defended in practice, in real terms with real backbone, and that is the reason -- or one of them that I am committed to vote against him.

I believe very strongly that he must do so. He must commit in this confirmation hearing that he would take himself out of any consideration of any issue involving the president's personal criminal or civil liability.

Invoking the 25th Amendment requires a high bar to be met, in terms of the facts.

I would like your commitment that you will recuse yourself if there is an issue involving his criminal or civil liability coming before the United States Supreme Court.

I deplore statements criticizing the integrity or intelligence of members of our judiciary across the board.

Ultimately, also it was those Republicans in the United States Senate who delivered the message, 'We won't stand for it.'

I ask for a vote on my motion to adjourn under Rule IV, Mr. Chairman.

I will be asking you, Judge Kavanaugh, whether you believe Roe v. Wade was correctly decided.

You have inspired and enlightened America.

Abortion on demand, as you know, is a code word in the anti-choice community.

I have fears about what this nominee will do with respect to our rule of law, but also about basic rights.

the only way to really stop it is not by relying on laws alone but on people respecting the laws, taking acts of personal courage, and coming forward to speak that truth to power.

President Trump's attacks on the judiciary have been blatant, craven, and repeated.

I really regret this, but I think you have to understand the frustration on this side of the aisle.

You were telling the Trump administration that if they wanted someone who would overturn Roe v. Wade, you would make the list.