Political Quotes

“Mr. President, we have a unique responsibility today, the responsibility to place on one of the highest courts of the United States a person who will serve for the balance of her natural life. I am very honored to have the opportunity to urge my colleagues to vote for the confirmation of Rosemary Barkett to the eleventh circuit court of appeals. This is a person who, by virtue of her personal life experience, by virtue of her preparation and education, by virtue of her experience, is especially uniquely qualified to serve as a Federal appellate judge; the daughter of immigrants, an immigrant herself, a nun, a teacher, a private practitioner, a trial judge, an appellate judge, and now the Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court, a background, a wellspring of personal preparation, development and experience now being made available to the people of America. Those qualifications, Mr. President, are not just written on a resume on paper. They have been regularly, arduously, and consistently and affirmatively reviewed by the people of our State and now by the President of the United States of America. She has three times been recommended for appointment to the judicial positions in our State through a rigorous judicial selection process. She has three times been appointed by Governors of our State to the highest positions of judicial responsibility.”