I announce that the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 92, nays 5, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 207…

I announce that the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 64, nays 33, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No…

I announce that the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was…

I announce that the Senator from California (Ms. Harris) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. (Mr. Heller). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was…

I announce that the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Rubio). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays…

You have questioned the lawfulness of United States v. Nixon, a historic decision in which a unanimous Court said the President had to comply with a grand jury subpoena.

You deemed those not to be undue burdens.

No one can select a judge in his own case.

You are now embarking on this journey in this Committee, denying us access to documents which were routinely provided for other judicial nominees.

If we are going to safeguard the rule of law in this country, our courts... must be a bulwark against unprecedented violations of law.

The fact that you were a dissenter and everyone else saw this the other way should give us pause.

If you believe that your public record is one that you can stand behind and defend, I hope that at the end of this you will ask this Committee to suspend until we are given all the documents.

So many of those individuals are asking whether the Supreme Court of their lifetimes will be an institution that elevates the dignity of American workers, or one that allows powerful corporate interests to continue to weaken labor…

It could take just one vote to further erode protections for working people and unions.

Let's not forget. During his campaign, Donald Trump needed to shore up support from the Republican base who questioned whether he was sufficiently conservative.

We have a system of justice that is symbolized by a statue of a woman holding scales, and she wears a blindfold.

I have seen Americans all over this country with the bipartisan work that I have done with Senators on either side who feel entrapped by a broken criminal justice system.

If your effort today continues to conceal and hide documents, it raises a suspicion.

You violated the second rule I give to every witness. You answered more than I asked.

Right now, millions of American families are watching this in sincere concern and fear.

America needs to see those documents. We cannot carefully review, advise, and decide whether to consent to your nomination without clarity on the record.

What I believe guides this nominee is partisanship.

You are suggesting that she should have waited to have a sponsor appointed who she may or may not have consulted in making this decision.

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.

This is a President who has shown us consistently that he is contemptuous of the rule of law.