Boycotting the hearing today. We take you live outside the u. S. Capitol now to hear from senate democrats. [crowd yelling] ok, everybody. Thank you very much for coming, and thank you for joining us this morning. I am here to stand with my colleagues on the Judiciary Committee who are boycotting todays Committee Markup on the nomination of judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. This is not a decision. The members of the committee have taken lightly. But a republican majority has left us no choice. We are boycotting this illegitimate hearing. The nomination of Amy Coney Barrett is the most illegitimate process i have ever witnessed in the senate. Willotential confirmation have dire, dire consequences for the senate, for the supreme countrynd our entire for generations to come. Majoritye republican is conducting the most rushed, the most partisan, and the least legitimate nomination to the Supreme Court in our nations history. Confirmation will have dire consequences for the sena