for loretta lynch simply because she would be the first african-american woman to serve in that capacity. all i m saying is she deserves the same fair treatment we have given to other nominee foss this job. senator chris kuhns is a member of the senate judiciary committee which held confirmation hearings back in john wear. thank you for being here. thank you, jonathan. senator, do you think that senator durbin is right? is the gop throws loretta lynch in the back of the bus? what this issue is essential by, jon that are, is loretta lynch is a remarkably qualified nominee, and it raises real questions for her to be languishing on the floor longer than all five nominees, for a total of 131 days so far, we ve been waiting for a confirmation vote on loretta lynch. i m not sure there would be this debate, this back and forth if
colleagues. here is senator durbin s response. when my colleague from arizona notes the fact that i have voted against african-american women nominees in the past it is true. i am not arguing that every member of the senate should vote for loretta lynch simply because she would be the first african-american woman to serve in that capacity. all i m saying is she deserves the same fair treatment we have given to other nominee foss this job. senator chris kuhns is a member of the senate judiciary committee which held confirmation hearings back in john wear. thank you for being here. thank you, jonathan. senator, do you think that senator durbin is right? is the gop throws loretta lynch in the back of the bus? what this issue is essential by, jon that are, is loretta lynch is a remarkably qualified nominee, and it raises real