Orrin Hatch: “It was a disgrace that Judge Paez had to wait that long, but Judge Paez had an up-or-down vote on this floor allowed by…”

“It was a disgrace that Judge Paez had to wait that long, but Judge Paez had an up-or-down vote on this floor allowed by my colleagues at my request. There was no formal filibuster at the time. Nobody said there was going to be a filibuster. We know we have had some cloture votes in the past, but they have been for votes of convenience or the majority leader has called them for some reason or another but not because there was a filibuster. The important thing is--and, look, I think it is time for your side to understand it. The important thing is here was a judge that, yes, I do not think was treated fairly, but in the end he had a vote. In the end he sits on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals even though our side, almost to a person, in fact to a person, disagreed with that nomination. But we gave him a vote.”