Political Quotes

“In a few minutes, we will have the opportunity to vote on whether Judge Pickering, whom the Senate has once before confirmed to the Federal district court without blemish, can be given the simple fairness, the simple honesty of an up-or-down vote or whether he will be denied that fairness. The vote matters to many people because none of the President's judicial nominees has suffered more indignities and distortions than this superbly qualified man, Judge Pickering. Others in the past and over the course of the morning have spoken much more ably about the qualifications with regard to this superbly qualified individual, Judge Charles Pickering. I know the passion of the two Mississippi Senators from whom we just heard. We heard Senator Lott speak about this man, and we heard the strong support from Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran for this nominee, and we know of the hard work of the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Chairman Hatch--all of whom have worked so hard to bring this nomination to the floor over the last 2 rac{1}{2} years since he was first nominated by President Bush--again, 2 rac{1}{2} years ago.”