we can hear from other people that were involved in this incide incident, that she has mentioned other witnesses. even for anita hill they had a number of other witnesses. that being said, i would like to hear from her. i have not met her. i think it s really important we hear from her, and i understand that her lawyer is simply trying to negotiate this. look what these guys are doing. we are more than happy to have this be a hearing where the senators ask questions and they ask her questions and they ask the nominee questions. that s how we have hearings. however, the republicans, there is 11 men, as you know, on their side instead of that old movie 12 angry men, it s 11 don t want to look so angry men, i guess, so they want to have a woman take their place and ask all these questions. of course her lawyer wants to talk to that attorney, wants to figure out what s going on here. it s just not normal what they re proposing, and i think that s what s happening right now. of course, i
you look at it again. that s happened with ten nominees in just the last few months for other positions in the government. they reopened the investigation. so should be a hearing where we can hear from other people that were involved in this incident, that she has mentioned, other witnesses, even for anita hill they had a number of other witnesses. that being said, i would like to hear from her. i have not met her. i think it s really important we hear from her, and i understand that her lawyer is simply trying to negotiate this. look what these guys are doing. we are more than happy to have this be a hearing where the senators ask questions and they ask her questions and they ask the nominee questions. that s how we have hearings. however, the republicans there s 11 men as you know on their side instead of that old movie 12 angry men, it s 11, don t want to look so angry men, i guess. so they want to have a woman take their place and ask all these questions and of course
completed. that s ridiculous. the purpose of the hearings is to use these reports and these checks to ask the nominee questions, not in a quiet, dark room where no one else is but before the american people. is it standard, again, when you re reading the mcconnell letter, my understanding is typically the way it goes is, once the fbi check is completed and the vet is completed, the content of that reporting in private sessions with members of the committee who could then review it as part of the material that they have to enter into the hearing with. that is correct. and, in fact, most administrations want these reviews done before they even nominate the person so they shouldn t be embarrassed. okay. so you re the leader of the democrats in the senate. you guys have 48 votes. so you can you don t have a majority of power but the minority in the senate have some power.
checks to ask the nominee questions, not in a quiet, dark room where no one else is but before the american people. is it standard, again, when you re reading the mcconnell letter, my understanding is typically the way it goes is, once the fbi check is completed and the vet is completed, the content of that reporting in private sessions with members of the committee who could then review it as part of the material that they have to enter into the hearing with. that correct. and, in fact, most administrations want these reviews done before they even nominate the person so they shouldn t be embarrassed. okay. so you re the leader of the democrats in the senate. you guys have 48 votes. so you can you don t have a majority of power but the minority in the senate have some power. we do. other than sort of trolling mitch mcconnell with a letter, what do you have to hold this up?