Words. That is the man who sits before us. Nominated to be a justice on the highest court of our land. Judge kavanaugh has the backing of his former law clerks and law students, his colleagues on the bench appointed by both republican and democrat president s and many members of his local community in which he remains so closely involved. He is a man of honor, integrity and well respected in the legal community. There is no dispute he is qualified to serve on our nations highest court. Mr. Chairman, i look forward to the hearing from the nominee himself when we all get done with our statements. [ Protester Talking ] as we discuss with judge kavanaugh for the public to hear, in his own words the proper role of a judge in our constitutional system. I look forward to this hearing and again, judge kavanaugh, thank you for being willing to
be here. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Senator booker. Thank, mr. Chairman. Welcome judge kavanaugh i want to say welcome to your family sincerely as well. We
would ask the i.g. to do an investigation as to why the fbi investigation was so limited and to get to the bottom of these things. but these are not normal times, so i would ask the house judiciary committee to begin impeachment inquiry so that we can get to the bottom of whether or not kavanaugh lied to congress, specifically to the judiciary committee. as you well know, your republicans colleagues in the senate are not going to let this ever get anywhere. let s talk about the raw politics of it. the president is already using this. no candidate has ever talked about the supreme court on the trail or i should say no one s been asked about the supreme court. the democrats have not made the supreme court an issue, so they re not even making it an issue but the president and his supporters are using this to rally their base. of course.
presidential candidate amy klobuchar is saying you ve got to see the documents first. as much as she opposed kavana h kavanaugh s confirmation, she says this report does not have all the essential is these repos did go to the fbi but in that supplemental investigation and that they did not investigate further. what do we do now? what we do now is what i called for which is for the house to begin an impeachment inquiry. during the time of the kavanaugh hearings when these allegations came to light, her attorneys let the fbi know there were 25 potential corroborating witnesses, none of whom the fbi talked to in their so-called supplemental what i call sham investigation. under normal circumstances, i
including elizabeth warren and kamala harris calling for the impeachment of justice brett kavanagh after an essay in the new york times opinion section from an upcoming book on the sexual misconduct allegations made against kavanaugh during his confirmation hearings. that piece under skrcrutiny overnight overnight. pointing out that the book on which the article was based says that the female student declined to be interviewed and friends say that she does not recall the incident. president trump is seizing that editor s note as he rallies his base behind justice kavanaugh. ma you re a fellow judiciary committee member and
after the president was in jeopardy. he was added to the list and the president pulled the one person from all of that list, that was added late. that would give him in a sense the ability to pick a judge. that has already spoken vast ly about a president s ability to dismiss or end an investigation. so that s the second reason why i ve asked to put a pause on this process. judge lar were hand said this, as powerful and profound as the documents of this country are, our founding documents, they re not worth much if the people themselves lose faith in them. and i believe the nom nay of a judge from ongoing investigation