Saxby Chambliss: “Just like the Senator from Missouri, I want to talk for just a second about who cares about these judicial nominations…”

“Just like the Senator from Missouri, I want to talk for just a second about who cares about these judicial nominations because obviously the folks on the other side of the aisle who have been obstructionists in not allowing circuit court judges to come to a vote think the American public does not care about our Federal judicial system. Sure, our supporters understands it and they care. Sure, every Rotary Club I go to understands it and they care because they ask me about it. Every church where I go to speak, they care, they understand it, because they ask me about it. I have been walking down the street in my hometown and some stranger will come up to me. He understands it and he cares. Obviously, the Senator from Illinois is totally insensitive to these kinds of people. Let me tell you who else cares. That criminal defendant who is sitting in jail and who is having to wait longer than he ought to wait because we do not have Federal judges on the bench, he or she cares. That plaintiff or defendant in a civil lawsuit who is having to sit and wait and wait for justice, whatever that justice may be, on either side of the appellate case, he cares because he is not getting his case served. Obviously, the folks on the other side of the aisle who are complaining about and conducting this filibuster think those people are OK and they do not care. They care.”