Richard Durbin actually said...

they accused us of smear and harassment to even raise the facts brought up by ProPublica.

I've been calling on Supreme Court Justices to be held, at a minimum, to the same ethical standards as every other Federal judge.

there was a bipartisan effort by two Members of this Committee, one Democrat, one Republican, to establish the standard of disclosure.

it struck me that there was a true bipartisan spirit that this was a reasonable ethical standard.