Orrin Hatch: “It seems to me if the Democrats are going to filibuster, they ought to give some reasons for their filibuster. They have…”

“It seems to me if the Democrats are going to filibuster, they ought to give some reasons for their filibuster. They have said they are going to filibuster, for the first time in the history of this country, a Federal circuit court nominee, and the first Hispanic nominated to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Where are they? We have had all kinds of talks on foreign policy, on running down the President's financial plans, running down his foreign policy. I heard one Senator today talk about the real problem is North Korea. Of course, it is a real problem. So is Iraq. So is Osama bin Laden. These are the people who watched me in the middle of the 1990s be the first one to tell President Clinton he better get on Osama bin Laden because he is going to kill Americans. I actually was the first to bring that forth. I have been on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence twice. They did nothing, and now they are moaning and groaning because we have inherited a problem that has existed for a long time. Because nothing was done? Now they are saying, well, we should be concerned about North Korea. Yes, we should be. We should be concerned about everything.”