Orrin Hatch: “I expect my colleagues in good faith to argue on their side against that. It is a dangerous thing to do. It is a…”

“I expect my colleagues in good faith to argue on their side against that. It is a dangerous thing to do. It is a wretched thing to do, filibuster a judge. It is the first time in history. If they want to filibuster some judges, why would they pick on the first Hispanic ever nominated to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, a man who suffers from a disability yet rose to the top of his profession. He came up the hard way. He fulfilled the American dream, a man who is an example to every young Hispanic person in this country, and to me. He is an example to me, and I think everybody in this body. Why wouldn't we let this fellow have an up-or-down vote like we always did? I have to say, I think there is an element of unfairness here that I have not seen in my 27 years in the Senate. It is a shame that it is happening against the first Hispanic ever nominated to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, who has not had a glove laid on him.”