Kay Bailey Hutchison: “Frankly, we would have a hard time finding a job. Priscilla Owen went through that. She has known the tough times. She…”

“Frankly, we would have a hard time finding a job. Priscilla Owen went through that. She has known the tough times. She has known herself to be superior. That is why I appreciate the Senator from North Carolina talking about my friend, Justice Owen, and why I am standing up for her today, because I know what she has been through. She has come out on top. She has come out on top in everything she has done, and she would have gotten a majority vote on the floor of the Senate. She deserves to be sitting on the Fifth Circuit today. I will ask this final question. Why in the world would the Senate put a blemish on the record of a woman who has high moral standards, who has faced the electorate and won overwhelmingly, who has been endorsed by every newspaper in Texas, and got the highest number of votes the year she ran? Why would the Senate keep her from getting the appointment she is so qualified for?”