Jim Inhofe: “I was tempted to go back and get the history as to some of the problems we are having with this administration and the…”

“I was tempted to go back and get the history as to some of the problems we are having with this administration and the fact that, yes, I am guilty of putting holds on judicial nominees and doing the same thing that, back in 1985, Senator Byrd did when Ronald Reagan was President of the United States. But rather than go into that, I will only say this--I don't want to take much time; I want the Senator from Iowa to have his time--we have acted upon President Clinton's nominees. In fact, it is my understanding that he is only five short of having an all-time record of having nominees being confirmed in a period of time. Even though the Senator from Vermont was quite eloquent in talking about all of the judicial nominees who were left without final action being taken, either to confirm or not confirm, if we quit right now and didn't confirm these four we are discussing today, at the end of President Clinton's term, that would leave a total of 67 vacancies.”