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Harry Reid: “Will the Senator also answer this question? When the Hart Building was locked down, we were out of space around the…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2003
Will the Senator also answer this question? When the Hart Building was locked down, we were out of space around the Capitol and the Senator had every excuse as chairman of that committee not to hold hearings. I remember the Senator holding hearings down in the basement of the Capitol. There was not room for people. People were jammed into that room. But the Senator used no excuse to avoid going ahead with President Bush's nominations to the judiciary. Is that true?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Questioning a Senator's actions regarding judicial nominations during a lockdown of the Hart Building.

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