Pete Sessions: “Of course, that is what they pay us to do. It is sometimes difficult. But what is really important for us to be sure of…”

“Of course, that is what they pay us to do. It is sometimes difficult. But what is really important for us to be sure of is that the judgment we make is our own, independent judgment, made with integrity, and not influenced by unfair charges or pressure from groups outside the Senate. I think a nominee is entitled to that. If charges are made against a nominee, we ought to hear about them. We ought to find out if they are correct. Maybe delay the vote and have another hearing, if that is what is required, so be it. But when the nominee can show that the charges against him in case after case after case after case are not justified charges, and there are perfectly good and sound reasons for the actions he has taken, that his words are being taken out of context, outside the normal bounds of any kind of fair criticism, when he can explain that in matter after matter after matter that the charges are untrue, I believe the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee ought to listen to that.”