The Senator from Arizona asks something that is preeminently correct, and that is the way the Senate functions. Senators have a right to offer amendments, and the so-called Kyl-Cornyn bill is the product of very extensive thinking, analysis, and preparation. A good part of it was incorporated into the chairman's mark. And certainly Senator Kyl and Senator Cornyn are within their rights in asking for a vote on it.
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I believe that if the Court were televised, there would be an understanding and an accountability.
Senator Specter cited just one. It was his vote against confirming Jeff Sessions as a Federal judge.
The reason we serve is to ensure our children and our children's children inherit the same great country that we received from those who went before us.
Because it is so important for the public to know how its Government functions, and because the Supreme Court affects the lives of Americans in such great detail.
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