Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I will just point out to the Senator from New Hampshire--perhaps she knows it, perhaps she doesn't, but her leader has suggested a 60-vote threshold for this nominee. I am delighted to hear her say that they are going to provide a hearing for consideration. I hope that she, like all of our colleagues, will provide this judge an opportunity to be heard, to respond to questions because I think they will find, as most of us who have looked at his record, that this is an exceptionally well-qualified judge. He is a very bright legal mind and somebody who I think understands what the role of a judge is in our constitutional democracy. With respect to the nominees we are considering, we are here right now, and the Senator from New Hampshire and some of her colleagues were here overnight last night stalling, if you will, to allow for votes on nominees that have been put forward by this administration. I don't think you can dispute the record. At this time 8 years ago, President Obama had 21 of his nominees in place. This President has seven. What I mentioned earlier, you have to go back to the time of Dwight Eisenhower, roll back to today, and every President from that point forward has had, on this day, all or most of their nominees in place and confirmed by the Senate. So there is no question. There is no question what is going on here. I am not calling anybody names.…”