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Chuck Schumer: “Yes. Senator Leahy, our chairman, made every effort to bring nominees through. When I tell my constituents--the few who…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2003
Yes. Senator Leahy, our chairman, made every effort to bring nominees through. When I tell my constituents--the few who care about this, frankly, because most of them want us to talk about the economy or homeland security--that we have approved something like 99 out of 106 nominees, a lot of them said we approved too many. Everyone should not be rubberstamped.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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Discussing the approval of judicial nominees during Senate floor debate.

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