Political Quotes

“I come to the floor this evening to spend a couple of minutes talking about the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. We know that the debate has been engaged now for a number of weeks and that the American people are part of that debate. I have already expressed my views about the process that led to his nomination. I have very strong views about it. I think it was a corrupt bargain between at least two--if not the only two--far-right organizations and the administration to choose from a list of only 25 individuals to serve on the Supreme Court. In other words, if you are not on the list of 25 chosen by those groups or at least certainly ratified by those groups, you cannot be nominated to the Supreme Court. But tonight I am here to talk about a different set of questions. One is more specific and one is broader, but both are important. I will deal with the broader question at some length, but I will raise the more specific question first; that is, the question of a particular aspect of the Judge's record. I happen to serve as the ranking member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, and I am alarmed at some of the judge's opinions regarding older Americans and Americans with disabilities.…”