Chuck Schumer: “I do want to say, however, that some on the other side are attempting to convey the impression that it is we, the…”

“I do want to say, however, that some on the other side are attempting to convey the impression that it is we, the Democrats, who continue the debate on Miguel Estrada. We do not. We have, indeed, asked Mr. Estrada to answer the most rudimentary questions that every person who seeks to achieve a lifetime appointment of the high office of judge of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals is asked to answer. There are a large number of Members who will not move to vote until those questions are answered. That seems to be entirely logical. Let me make clear the reason we continue to debate Mr. Estrada--not the economy, not homeland security, not the many issues that our constituents are asking about--is the choice not of the Democratic minority but of the Republican majority that controls the floor.”