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Tom Harkin: “I am not on the Judiciary Committee. I had my staff look this up. I did remember Mr. Carnes, who was highly…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 2000
I am not on the Judiciary Committee. I had my staff look this up. I did remember Mr. Carnes, who was highly controversial, a very conservative assistant attorney general who was nominated that year, a lot of civil rights groups opposed him because he was considered one of the nation's best attorneys in arguing for the death penalty. There was talk about him being insensitive to civil rights, regarding the death penalty. Even with all of that, we brought him out on the floor and he passed in September of 1992. This was a controversial candidate. But, Bonnie Campbell has bipartisan support. Senator Grassley and I have been calling for a Senate vote on her confirmation. She also has the bipartisan support from Democrats and Republicans from my state of Iowa who worked with her when she served as Iowa attorney general.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
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Discussing the nomination of Bonnie Campbell and comparing it to a past controversial nominee.

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