Political Quotes

“I didn't bring up the number of U.S. marshals and U.S. Attorneys; various members of the minority brought this up as a form of criticism. And I am glad that is not a criticism because on those there really is no dispute; we are doing the very best we can. The concern of the Republican conference, I assure my friend from Nevada and Members of the Senate, is not about U.S. Attorneys and about U.S. marshals. As we all know, those offices have a number of professional civil servants. In the U.S. Marshal Service and the Assistant U.S. Attorneys, typically when there is a U.S. Attorney vacancy, there is an acting U.S. Attorney. They are able to function. But a judge who isn't there can't rule. When you have a judicial vacancy, you have a vacancy. There isn't such a thing as an assistant judge, a civil servant who can sit in cases and make rulings. The U.S. Attorneys offices are functioning. The U.S. Marshal Service is functioning. Absent judicial seats do not function.”