Instead, we are here to decide whether or not to rubber stamp Donald Trump's choice of a pre-selected political ideologue.

The President early on assured evangelicals his Supreme Court picks would attack Roe v. Wade.

It could take just one vote to declare the ACA's pre-existing condition protections unconstitutional.

It could take just one vote on the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade and deny women control over their reproductive rights.

I encourage you to do this.

I applaud Chairman Grassley and his dedicated staff for their tireless work in reviewing these documents and making the vast majority publicly available as quickly as possible.

As a survivor of unspeakable torture, John McCain spoke with powerful moral authority about American values during the time of war.

Alito said in his hearing what a strong principle stare decisis was, an important limitation on the Court. Then he told the Federalist Society, 'Stare decisis means to leave things decided when it suits our purposes.'

I strongly agree with the comments of many of my colleagues here today.

We are here to determine whether you would uphold or undermine those founding ideals and the rule of law.

At this moment of peril for our democracy, it is these judges, and others like them, who have pushed back against the efforts of a President eager to wield unlimited and unchecked power.

It could take just one vote to dismantle environmental protections that keep our air safe to breathe and our water clean to drink.

He has carried out deeply conservative partisan agenda as part--as a judge favoring big business over ordinary Americans.

Our democracy is on trial.

It could take just one vote to dismantle commonsense gun safety laws that keep our communities safe.

For the first time since Watergate, the nonpartisan National Archives has been cut out of the process for reviewing and producing your records.

I just think it is important that we remind one another that there are clear rules about the discussion of confidential material.

Judge Kavanaugh would limit the ability of Congress to structure and empower administrative agencies to do this important work.

Mr. Chairman, we waited for more than a year with a vacancy on the Supreme Court under the direction of your Leader in the United States Senate, and the republic survived.

Much of what we are hearing today and will hear for the remainder of this process is ultimately an effort to re-litigate the last Presidential election.

the late Senator Kennedy of Massachusetts called these hearings of Supreme Court nominees, 'a job interview with the American people,'

Why would you resist that kind of investigation?

You cannot have it both ways, Judge.

I want to know what you want to do.

I ask consent to enter into the record letters of support for Dr. Ford from her classmates at Holton-Arms School; 1,200 alumni of the school; 195 of your colleagues, students, and mentors; 1,400 women and men who attended DC schools; and…