Chris Coons actually said...

"We serve as the final gatekeeper, and it is our role to ensure the Federal judiciary is staffed with capable, honest, and hard-working judges."

"Maybe it was a resolution of the debt ceiling, Who knows?"

"Great judging requires modesty and respect for the role that judges play in our system as arbiters of facts and the law rather than makers of policy."

"I just hope we will continue to sustain the current pace."