the question has been raised whose documents are these. these are the american people s documents. the presidential records act gives us a right to obtain them for a supreme court nomination after the review of the professionals at the national archives. bill burke is not a professional at the national archives. the archives has said this is not their process. equally importantly, because some will now make dire predictions about the appropriateness of the release of any of these documents, bill burke himself in his letter to us of august 31 said, and i quote, presidential records act exemption one, which protects against the disclosure of classified information, did not apply to any documents our team reviewed. i agree with senator booker. this confirmation is too important for us to conceal documents that may reveal the nominee s views. i think we shouldn t be proceeding under these grounds. mr. chairman hold on. may i be recognized? i lop yhope you don t say the
people s documents. the presidential records act gives us the right to obtain them after the nomination from the professionals of the national archives. bill burke is not a professional of the national archives. archives of head that this is not their property. equally importantly, because some will now make dire predictions about the appropriateness of the release of any of these documents, bill burke himself in his letter to us on august 31st said, and i quote, the presidential records act exemption one, which protects against the disclosure of classified information, did not apply to any documents for review. i agree with senator booker, this confirmation is too important for us to conceal documents that may reveal the nominee s views, and i believe we should be proceeding under these grounds. mr. chairman? maybe recognize, sir? i hope you don t say the same thing again. sir, i will not. first of all, i will say something i haven t set, which