this committee i have never seen a nominee for any position behave in that matte manner. enner. judge cavanaugh used as much political rhetoric as my republican colleagues, what s fraur he s gone on the attack. i ve never heard a more compelling defense of one s hawnerer and integrity than brett kavanaugh. she shared a raw, veseral, incredible, a profoundly powerful testimony and shiez was believable. i believe her. if we want to show dr. ford respect, we give her the resbekt of having her case heard and the evidence looked at. i like at it as what are you hiding?
and i have conveyed to my friends and colleagues that i had wished we would take a one-week pause. one week only. not to spread this out past the next election, not to pursue some partisan goal, but to allow a professional fbi interview with everyone who may have relevant information. i have proposed and talked to some of my colleagues, and i know others have as well as a finite period for an fbi investigation, maybe a week. if we want to show dr. ford respect, we give her the respect of having her case heard and the evidence looked at. i look at it as what are you hiding? what would it hurt? if judge kavanaugh is so sure that he has this corroborating evidence and what this calendar means and what these things mean, then what is he afraid of if we just spend one week looking at the evidence? democrats at the committee meeting to vote on moving judge kavanaugh s name out of
some partisan goal, but to allow a professional fbi interview with everyone who may have relevant information. i have proposed and talked to some of my colleagues, and i know others have as well as a finite period for an fbi investigation, maybe a week. if we want to show dr. ford respect, we give her the respect of having her case heard and the evidence looked at. i look at it as what are you hiding? what would it hurt? if judge kavanaugh is so sure that he has this corroborating evidence and what this calendar means and what these things mean, then what is he afraid of if we just spend one week looking at the evidence? democrats at the committee meeting to vote on moving judge kavanaugh s name out of committee still even then had not given up on the idea that they could change the course of this committee vote. after senators amy klobuchar and chris coons made apparent last-ditch efforts to try and
we could hear from if we had the opportunity. maybe one week to do it. so i look at it this way. if we want to show dr. ford respect, we give her the respect of having her case heard and the evidence looked at. i look at it as what are you hiding? what would it hurt? if judge kavanaugh is so sure that he has this corroborating evidence and what this calendar means and what these things mean, then what is he afraid of if we just spend one week looking at the evidence? what i have heard today just adds to this. when i heard the sanctimonious talk about some kind of political strategy, well, i ll give you exhibit a, merrick garland. who was delayed for nearly ten months. you talk about a nominee getting off the floor when all we re asking for is one week for an
opportunity. maybe one week to do it. so i look at it this way, if we want to show dr. ford respect, we give her the respect of having her case heard and the evidence looked at. i look at it as what are you hiding. what would it hurt? if judge kavanaugh is so sure that he has this corroborating evidence and what this calendar means and what these things mean, then what is he afraid of if we just spend one week looking at the evidence? what i have heard today just adds to this. when i heard the sanctimonious talk about some coopkind of a political strategy, i ll give you exhibit a, merrick garland who was delayed for nearly ten months. you talk about a nominee getting off the floor when all we re asking for is one week for an investigation, and you kept merrick garland away from this