It is a very solemn thing for members of the U.S. Senate to consider nominees for the United States district court.
We are delighted to have him back and look forward to a more successful trip through confirmation at this time.
I appreciate very much that Chairman Leahy was willing to do that.
The purpose of medicine is to take care of the sick and when that purpose is not being met... a secondary purpose is interfering with a prim...
Your service on the district court and on the circuit court provides excellent background and qualifications for this position.
One is to respect the role of Congress as the duly elected representatives of the American people in our system of American democracy.
Thank you, Senator Merkley. We very much appreciate your and Senator Wyden's expressions of support for these two nominees.
I think when that support is bipartisan, as it is in your case, it highlights once again the institutional value in this body of deferring t...
I am extremely favorably disposed toward your nomination, but there are these institutional problems that need to be addressed.
We cannot have elderly people lying alone, racked with pain, when medicine to cure that... is at hand, because of bureaucracy.
I would tend to agree with Senator Sessions on this, and I think a lot of it has to do with resources.