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Lindsey Graham: “I reiterate, as far as I am concerned, the past is the past, and I am more worried about the future. I have been here a…”

On the recordNovember 12, 2003
I reiterate, as far as I am concerned, the past is the past, and I am more worried about the future. I have been here a year and all I have known since I have been here is fussing and fighting about everything, particularly judges. It has not been too pleasant to be on the Judiciary Committee because a lot of good men and women have had a hatchet job done on their professional qualifications and who they are as people, to not be allowed to be voted on. There have been a lot of manufactured reasons.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Discussing the contentious atmosphere surrounding judicial nominations in the Senate.

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