Political Quotes

“first, let me thank the Senator from Florida for his steadfast actions in the Senate for many years protecting Florida's waterways, which are not only a treasure to Floridians but to all of us in America. He deserves to be congratulated on that. Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh Madam President, last night, in the wake of extremely serious and troubling allegations about Supreme Court nominee Judge Kavanaugh, Chairman Grassley announced he would hold a hearing of the Judiciary Committee next Monday to examine the allegations. I want to salute the six Republican Members who I believe changed Senator Grassley's mind and Leader McConnell's mind. Their first instinct was, of course, to rush it through, have this ridiculous phone call with Republican staff and both of the now witnesses. That made no sense. But because a good number of our Republican friends said there ought to be a hearing and testimony, Senator Grassley and Senator McConnell backed off the position of no hearings, and we will have one. It is a good thing that we will have hearings, and they have to be done right. There must be an agreement on witnesses, and the FBI should be given time to reopen its background check investigation into Judge Kavanaugh to speak to any potential witnesses or other relevant individuals and update its analysis.…”