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Orrin Hatch: “I have no doubt, to answer the Senator's question, if we continue down this pathway we are going to devolve to where…”

On the recordJuly 30, 2003
I have no doubt, to answer the Senator's question, if we continue down this pathway we are going to devolve to where people with strongly held religious beliefs are not going to be able to serve in this country. That is what it comes down to. I have no doubt that if we continue to violate the Constitution by allowing filibusters against-- under our advise and consent mandate in the Constitution, we are going to wind up with a mess on our hands that we will not be able to repair. So we have to get out of this. I call on our colleagues on the other side to get real here.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of filibusters on nominees' religious beliefs.

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