Political Quotes

“it has now been 62 days since Judge Garland's nomination--62 days. As we all know, our Founding Fathers entrusted all of us in the Senate with the role of providing advice and consent to the President of the United States in relation to his appointments to the Supreme Court. We have the option--in fact, I believe the responsibility--to meet with the nominee in person. We are responsible for holding hearings through the Senate Judiciary Committee. Based on his responses to questions, we then have the opportunity to vote yes or no on the nomination. But we don't have the responsibility of doing nothing. We have to proceed to consider the nomination. Unfortunately, Senators in the majority are refusing to do that. They have said they will not hold hearings--no hearings, zero--on a nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court. And too many have refused to even meet with the nominee, and I believe it is a matter of respect to meet with the nominee, Judge Merrick Garland. This is our job in the Senate. This is their job--the job established for them--for us--by America's Founding Fathers. Unfortunately, the majority is refusing to do it. I have talked with a lot of hard-working people in Michigan and, frankly, people around the country about what would happen if they decided to not do one of the most basic parts of their job; if they said: For the next year, I think I am just not going to do this major part of my job description.…”