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On the recordFebruary 12, 2003
I ask the Chair to address the Senator from Utah as to how it is any different to have Enrique Moreno, with a well-qualified rating from the American Bar Association, nominated to the Federal judiciary, refused a hearing before then- Chairman Orrin Hatch, because two Republican Senators from Texas refused to approve him, thus, frankly, giving him less consideration than Miguel Estrada who is before us today.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing judicial nominations and the treatment of nominees during Senate debate.

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