On the recordSeptember 3, 2018
I think that we have an obligation to do our job and elicit from you where you will go as a Justice on the United States Supreme Court based on what you have written and said.
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congress.govDick Durbin: “I think that we have an obligation to do our job and elicit from you where you will go as a Justice on the United States…”
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Durbin emphasizes the Senate's duty to question Kavanaugh about his judicial philosophy.
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