Political Quotes

“I am glad to be here with my good friend from Utah and welcome him back from a productive weekend. Last week, I commended the chairman of the Judiciary Committee for scheduling the judicial confirmation hearing, the first of this year, for tomorrow afternoon, and I commend the chairman again. I note that he is following through on his earlier statement by including both Margaret McKeown of Washington State and Susan Oki Mollway of Hawaii at that hearing. They have each been pending for over 18 months, and it will be good to have their confirmation hearing. I hope we will maintain pace this year that was established during the last 9 weeks of the last session. In order to do that, I hope that in addition to these nominees we can proceed to confirm additional nominees for article III judicial vacancies before the end of the week. I am delighted the Senate is getting the opportunity to consider the nomination of Judge Carlos Moreno to the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He has been strongly supported by both Senators Feinstein and Boxer.”