As I have said before, I call on the Senate to perform its Constitutional responsibility to hold timely up-or-down votes on all judicial nominees, no matter who is President or which party controls the Senate.
George W. Bush: “As I have said before, I call on the Senate to perform its Constitutional responsibility to hold timely up-or-down votes…”
On the recordApril 28, 2003
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Statement on Senate Confirmation of Jeffrey S. Sutton as a United States Court of Appeals Circuit Judge
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