Political Quotes

“listen to these words: fair, respectful, deliberative, and thorough. These are the words the senior Senator from Iowa, Mr. Grassley, once used to describe the way Supreme Court nominations should be considered by the Senate--fair, respectful, deliberative, and thorough. In June 2010, he said something more: I have always been of the opinion that the Senate needs to conduct a comprehensive and careful review of Supreme Court nominees. It is important that the nominee be given a fair, respectful, and also deliberative hearing. That same month, in June 2010, he also said: I am committed to ensuring that this process is fair and respectful but also thorough. The Constitution tasks our Senate with conducting a comprehensive review of the nominee's record and qualifications. Fair, respectful, deliberative, and thorough. I don't think refusing to meet with a nominee, refusing to hold a hearing of a nominee, refusing to vote on a nominee is fair, respectful, deliberative, and certainly not thorough. He was not yet chairman of the Judiciary Committee when the senior Senator from Iowa made those comments. As I have noted, he has said on more than one occasion that the Constitution tasks our Senate with conducting a ``comprehensive review of the nominee's record and qualifications.'' He made those statements when he wasn't chairman of the committee. He is now chairman of the committee--the committee he has served on for decades.…”