It is showing, if my friend from Mississippi will yield, remarkable speed. As I said, he was nominated in 1995, first got through the committee unanimously, Republicans and Democrats, in 1995. We are now just before our second vacation of the year in 1997. I am glad, whenever it is, to get him through.
Discussing the nomination process of a candidate during Senate floor debate.
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