Political Quotes

“I rise this afternoon in full, complete, and all-inspired support for the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Her qualifications are not in dispute and have been mentioned repeatedly on the floor and in other public forums. I have had a chance as a Member of the Senate to vote on four Associate Justices of the Supreme Court: Kagan, Sotomayor, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh. I was a Member of the House of Representatives down the hall here during the confirmations of Justices Alito and Roberts, and I was old enough to pay close attention to the confirmations of Justices Breyer and Thomas. I can say to my colleagues today, I have never witnessed a more impressive display of poise, knowledge, and temperament in a candidate for the Supreme Court than I have witnessed during the confirmation process of this particular candidate. I think that is why, perhaps, there was objection to the process. No doubt there was objection to the process in the timing of this nomination and this confirmation among a lot of people around the United States, but as the confirmation wore on and as more and more people came to know Judge Amy Coney Barrett--the student, the parent, the member of her community--and as more and more people have seen her and listened to her, public opinion has moved in her favor to now where a majority of Americans support the elevation and confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.…”