Orrin Hatch actually said...

"We are talking about one of the most important positions in the world, one of nine, in the greatest court in the world."

"Today is a sad day with the passing of our great colleague Senator Robert Byrd this morning."

"Well, I'll tell you, this bothers me a lot, because I know that there were plenty of doctors in ACOG who did not believe that partial birth abortion was an essential procedure and who believed that it..."

"As America's founders designed it, the Senate's role of advice and consent is a check on the President's power to appoint."