John Cornyn: “A government-run single-payer system... would drive insurers out of the market and limit competition.”

Judge Garland's extensive legal experience makes him well-suited to lead the Department of Justice, and I appreciated his commitment to keep politics out of the Justice Department.

Liberating is how he described his negotiating power.

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.

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