Political Quotes

“my friend and colleague from Utah is not the first to come to the floor on the Republican side and raise questions about committee procedure that led to Vanita Gupta being considered today before the U.S. Senate. They say it is unheard of, unthinkable, unimaginable, unfathomable that the Senate committee rules were not carefully followed and that their attempt at a filibuster was in some way diverted. I would ask unanimous consent to have printed into the Record a memo entitled ``Senate Judiciary Committee Rule Violations by [Senate Judiciary Committee] Chairs Graham, Grassley, and Hatch.' There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Senate Judiciary Committee Rule Violations by Chairs Graham, Grassley, and Hatch Chairman Graham Rule Violations Graham (116th Cong.) a. Violation: Rule III i. Date: July 25, 2019 ii. Summary: Chairman Graham's Secure and Protect Act was on the agenda. Then-Ranking Member Feinstein was the only Democrat in attendance. Graham stated that he would deem the bill held over at the following week's markup. This constituted ``conducting business'' under the Committee's rules, despite the lack of a quorum. iii. Source: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/07/ 25/2019/executive-business-meeting 2. Graham (116th Cong.) a. Violation: Rule I; Rule IV; Rule V i. Date: August 1, 2019 ii.…”