On the recordJuly 23, 2012
I yield to no Member of this body in the fact that I uphold not only the rules but the courtesies of this Senate. As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I have never cut off a Member of the other party who wished to speak, unlike some of the procedures they followed when they held the chair. I have never refused to have a Member of the other party bring up an amendment, contrary to the procedures they followed when they chaired it. I believe in the Senate. I believe in the rules of the Senate, but especially I believe in the comity that Thomas Jefferson believed in, in this body; otherwise, the Senate would fall apart. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Michael A. Shipp, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey.
