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Pete Sessions: “I appreciate the many challenges the majority leader has, and a lot of difficult people. Sometimes cats are hard to…”

On the recordJune 4, 2008
I appreciate the many challenges the majority leader has, and a lot of difficult people. Sometimes cats are hard to herd, as Trent Lott used to say. But the deal and the concern was so great--if I could ask the majority leader--what about the understanding we thought existed that there would be confirmed an average number of circuit court of appeals judges this Congress, which would be 17 or so nominees? Is that still afoot or is that somehow being forgotten? We hear talk that maybe few if any more circuit judges will be confirmed. That is what has caused a great deal of angst on this side of the aisle.
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas

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Addressing concerns about the confirmation of circuit court of appeals judges during a Senate debate.

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