What is the plan forward for dealing with this shutdown, should it continue for another couple of weeks?
we have to be clear-eyed and realistic about our goals.
we may be reducing spending in the short term, it is having long-term consequences in terms of personnel, efficiency of ...
this needs to be done in a nonpartisan way and in a way that continues to sustain the American judicial system as litera...
sequestration is having quite negative consequences all across the Federal Government.
I believe that it is important for us as a--it is important for the judiciary to move the parties toward resolution.
the reason our federal judicial system exists is for the resolution of wrongs and for controversies.
Presidential appointments and lifetime tenure insulate judges from political influence.
I certainly agree, as a number of witnesses have suggested, that we can and should do more to fill the existing vacancie...
I would like to enter into the record a statement from Senator Leahy, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, on the Federa...
Senate advice and consent helps guarantee judicial competence.