Orrin Hatch: “I certainly agree. I have heard the distinguished Senator from Illinois say that he should have produced these…”

“I certainly agree. I have heard the distinguished Senator from Illinois say that he should have produced these documents. He has no right to produce them. He personally said I am proud of my work. If they can give it up, I would be proud to have it given up. But he knows they cannot. I believe the distinguished Senator from Illinois knows they cannot give up these documents. Everybody knows that. That is why it is such a phony red herring issue, but it is the only one they really have. They started off with he has not had any judicial experience. That is the phoniest thing of all, because that means virtually every Hispanic lawyer doesn't have a chance to be on the Federal bench because they have no judicial experience, in spite of the fact that five of the eight judges on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals had no judicial experience before they went on the court. Why the double standard? Why is it we are requiring this of Miguel Estrada but not of them? Why is it when Republicans ran the committee we didn't have that difficulty? We never raised that phony issue. Why is it raised now?”