he's going to say because we have a little preview of his comments right here. these excerpts have just been released. here is what he's going to say. a good judge must be an umpire, neutral and impartial arbiter who favors no litigant or policy. i don't decide cases based on personal or policy preference. i am not a pro-plaintiff or pro-defendant judge. i am not a pro-prosecution or pro-defense judge. i am a pro-law judge. he'll say all the the right things. all the things you want him to say. so how are you going to get him to answer that definitively, your burning questions? >> it will be very difficult to get him to answer in front of us in this confirmation hearing process those questions defen ti defentively. now justice gorsuch last year sat before us in the same confirmation process and sited his own book on precedent, a book which judge kavanaugh helped co-write. and yet justice gorsuch in the last year voted on five