Orrin Hatch: “It is a fact that they were in control. They chaired the hearings. Senator Schumer chaired the hearing at the direction…”

“It is a fact that they were in control. They chaired the hearings. Senator Schumer chaired the hearing at the direction of Chairman Leahy, the chairman. It was one of the longest hearings for a Circuit Court of Appeals nominee I can recall. They asked every question they wanted to. He answered them, and he answered them fairly and well, as I have been showing here tonight, and as the distinguished Junior Senator from Tennessee, I think, showed in detail earlier in the evening. I commend him and ask everybody to read that. In all honesty, they controlled the whole doggone process. They even said on the floor, even during this debate, that the hearing was fair-- because they conducted it. If it was fair, that means they covered all the questions they wanted answered. Then we have these phony arguments that he didn't answer the question. Read the remarks of the distinguished Senator from Tennessee, Senator Alexander, this evening and read the transcript. Read the answers to these written questions. I only read a few of them because it more than blew away those phony arguments. Why the double standard? Why the obstruction? Why are we going through this?”