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Pete Sessions: Addressing the distinguished chairman of the Judiciary Committee, who has served so ably for so many years on these…

On the recordNovember 12, 2003
Addressing the distinguished chairman of the Judiciary Committee, who has served so ably for so many years on these matters, I would like to follow up on that question that was just asked. During your tenure as chairman of the Judiciary Committee when President Clinton was President, and he was nominating judges that sometimes would not have been our choice, or your choice for a judge, did you have occasion to express your opinion as to whether a filibuster was appropriate or not?
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas

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Questioning the Judiciary Committee chairman about filibuster opinions during judicial nominations.

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