Chris Coons

I don't think he personally grasps exactly what it's going to be like if the House fully exercises its powers.

Democrats now will have firm control of the House in January and that means the president's ability to legislate with both houses of Congress supporting him is at an end.

He's said over and over both that he dismisses the ongoing investigation led by Robert Mueller as a hoax or witch hunt and that this was the cause of his sharp break from Jeff Sessions.

What he can't do is fire members of his own cabinet and replace them with partisan loyalists going around the succession procedures for the Department of Justice, in an attempt to influence or impede or end the special counsel's…

It is my view, given public statements by Putin and others, that Russia is seeking strategic weapons that would allow them to restart a great power competition with us.

Would you agree that there is a distinction between a large scale production in terms of capability to improve and deploy chemical weapons as opposed to the ability to carry out small scale attacks?

I think both are appropriate.

I wish you would join us in calling for an FBI investigation for 1 week to clear or confirm some of these allegations.

Put yourself in our shoes for a moment, if you would, Judge, and I know that is asking a lot of you in this setting.

The quote that jumped out at me was, 'Brett was a sloppy drunk, and I know because I drank with him.'

You said in your opening that rule of law means taking allegations seriously, and I agree with that.

I am grateful you came forward, and I am thankful for your courage, which set an important example.

I wish we could have provided for you a more thorough hearing today.

I think asking for the FBI to investigate this matter thoroughly was not asking too much.

To me that is just far too low a standard for the conduct of boys and men in our country.

The reason I raised these concerns in pressing Judge Kavanaugh was that it is exactly his quotes about U.S. v. Nixon, his enthusiasm for the dissent in Morrison, his dissent in PHH, that leads me to still have concerns that he would not…

I am concerned he has a view of Presidential power that is dangerously unbounded.

So without the smoking gun, which was made possible by the Supreme Court's decision in U.S. v. Nixon, Presidential accountability might not have occurred.

Based on your experience, what are the dangers of a Presidency that does not face strong checks in the Supreme Court and Congress?

This letter expresses strong opposition to Judge Kavanaugh's nomination on behalf of 180 different organizations involved in civil rights and human rights.

Ensuring access to contraception was a compelling governmental interest.

The right of the individual, whether married or unmarried, to make a decision so fundamentally affecting the person as whether to bear or beget a child.

The religious liberty interest of a company ended up trumping yours?

I consult and rely on the ABA ratings when I am considering district court, circuit court, and obviously Supreme Court nominations.

Would it concern you if we proceeded to consider a nominee for a judicial post without taking into account the ABA's advice?