I oppose this nomination happening right now because of the moment we are in American history, which is very unprecedented.
The trend of the Court is doing, is rolling back those gains. It is undermining that progress.
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.
We have seen the President of the United States credibly accused by his own personal lawyer to--as being an unindicted co-conspirator.
That is why I think these documents are important, that his full record is made clear, and that we have a chance to ask questions about it.
The stakes are too high in what this nominee represents for us to rush through this process without a full sharing of the documents.
Ninety percent of the documents we have not seen. It is not the number of documents.
We only have 10 percent of his record that we have been able to evaluate.
Sometimes you need to be as objective as possible and see how you would react if the pendulum had swung the other way.
I do not understand what the rush is that we cannot even let Senators vote on what is a very important motion germane to our constitutional ...
Sir, then I make a very clear and simple motion to move into executive session so that Senator Blumenthal's motion may be considered.