Political Quotes

“I thank the Senator from Virginia for getting us together to talk about something that is fundamental. Basically, we are talking about our system of justice. We heard the number of days, when we compare this administration to the prior administration, it takes to confirm a judge on the appellate court or on the district court. It is important for people to realize that we are not talking about saying they on the other side should be voting for all of our judges or they should be endorsing them, even though when they come to the Judiciary Committee we have had tremendous bipartisan votes on a lot of these judges. Here is a lot of what the American people do not understand. They can understand that when Senators are making their minds up about how to vote on a particular nominee to be on a district court or on an appeals court, we might have a difference of opinion as it relates to judicial philosophy, for example, or the experience of this particular individual or their character, their ability to serve with integrity. All of those basic considerations we have to weigh and I think by extension the American people weigh when they are deciding whether or not someone is fit to serve on a district court or appellate court.…”