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Pete Sessions: I will ask the distinguished chairman of the Judiciary Committee, who has been involved in these matters for so many…

On the recordFebruary 12, 2003
I will ask the distinguished chairman of the Judiciary Committee, who has been involved in these matters for so many years, aren't we confusing here home State Senators' objections with a filibuster? And isn't it true that, to this very day, really earlier in this year, the Democratic Senators on the Judiciary Committee virtually demanded home State Senators be given even more power to block nominees than in the past?
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas

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Questioning the role of home State Senators in the judicial nomination process.

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