On the recordNovember 19, 2013
It is hard for me to find the words to express my disappointment for our country in yesterday's vote on another person to go to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. The last three people have been filibustered, and they are good people. They are qualified. Their records are outstanding for their work in the courts--scholastically brilliant, every one of them. But Republican obstruction has become endemic in the Senate over the last five years, grinding the work of this institution to a halt, threatening the integrity of this institution and damaging our country. No President should have to put up with what President Obama has had to put up with. ____________________
