John Cornyn: “I inquire of the Chair, how much time remains on our side for morning business? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There…”

It would be a monumental mistake for Blanche to attempt to resurrect the $1.8 billion program in another form.

Liberating is how he described his negotiating power.

I don’t know whether they think they can wait us out or … we’ll cave. But I assure you, we won’t.

We want to express our gratitude to Mr Blanche and his staff for working with us on this, and we look forward to voting to advance his nomination out of the Senate Judiciary Committee soon.