Political Quotes

“let me make a few points before I respond to the specific concerns of the Senator from Mississippi. One, it is true that, to the best of my knowledge, only myself and Senator Hatch have availed ourselves of the investigative report done by minority and majority staff on the question that has been raised by the Senator from Mississippi. Senator Hatch notified all Republican members on the committee, which is our practice, that follow-up work was conducted on a matter that had come up after we had voted and that professional staff who had done the investigation were there, ready, willing and able to brief people on it. My staff briefed the staffs of the Democratic members of the committee. I will tell you why most people did not think it was so important. Justice Dennis has been around for a long time. His nomination came up in 1994. There has been, and I am not questioning the motivation of my friend from Mississippi, but let me put it this way, he has not been fast tracked. He has not moved very swiftly. The Senator from Delaware may be under the mistaken impression that the failure to move Justice Dennis had little to do with Justice Dennis' integrity, competence and/ or forthrightness and ability to be on the bench, but had to do with a legitimate dispute--I guess any dispute between and amongst States is legitimate--about whose seat this should be. It happens all the time.…”