Political Quotes

“I come to the floor to address my colleagues and the public on the nomination of Susan Carney, nominated to the Second Circuit, and which we will soon vote. Today's vote marks the 24th judicial confirmation this year and the 16th for a seat designated as a judicial emergency. This also marks the fourth vacancy to the Second Circuit that has been filled by an Obama nominee. Over the past 2 weeks, nominations-related work has taken up the vast majority of the Senate's time. In fact, after today, we will have confirmed seven judges in just 9 days. Last week alone, we had a cloture vote on the nominee to be Deputy Attorney General, debate and votes on three district court nominees, and two Judiciary Committee markups. This year, the committee has reported 51 percent of President Obama's nominees. Yet it seems the more we work with the majority on filling vacancies, the more complaints we hear. Furthermore, as we work together to confirm consensus nominees, we are met with the majority's insistence that we turn to controversial nominees. So I wish to address some of the complaints we have heard. I think about the American Constitution Society blog and some of my colleagues in the Senate who say we are not moving fast enough on President Obama's nominees. I wish to point out to them that is intellectually dishonest.…”