Political Quotes

“I will be very brief. To my colleague and good friend Senator Schumer, I want to let you know that 99 Senators agree with what you said about Senator Feinstein. We all hope--I am the ranking member of the Judiciary. She is a dear friend, and we hope for her speedy recovery and return back to the Senate. But with all due respect to my colleague Senator Schumer, this is about a handful of judges that you can't get the votes for. I have been a pretty consistent vote in the Committee on the Judiciary in a bipartisan fashion. I understand you won the election and we lost. I want to make sure we process judges fairly. The reason this is being made is to try to change the numbers on the committee in a way that I think would be harmful to the Senate and to pass out a handful of judges that I think should never be on the bench. With that in mind and with all due respect to Senator Feinstein, I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island. U.S. Supreme Court”