John Cornyn: “I see my colleague, the senior Senator from Texas, on the floor, and she intends to speak on the same subject. I yield…”

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 think I am prepared to vote no, but I do think I owe it to my constituents and to Mr. Blanche to try to negotiate in good faith.

It's pretty simple, and we've actually sent them a redline strikeout.

All we had the authority to do what we did, and I think did the best we could.