Ladies and gentlemen, madames et messieurs, brothers and sisters. [applause] dont let this cane fool you. The hips still work. [laughter] [applause] just saying. I am so excited to be here. They said to say your name, but they did not that tell me what it was. [laughter] my name is Kinshasha Holman conwill. [applause] thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It is so wonderful to see you. And it is so wonderful to be in such a warm and welcoming assembly in washington, d. C. Its a rare thing these days. [laughter] you are in for a treat. I am supposed to say some things and i will, but i am so excited and so privileged to be introducing my sister today. For those of you who do not know her, your mind will be blown. Lets get real. She is amazing. And she is beautiful ok whatever. , whatever. And i worked with her, so you may talk about what you know about zena howard. But did you work with her for eight years . I dont think so. I dont think so. So i know. She is amazing. This has been a confere
All three of these are on the agenda for the first time. I understand that the minority would like to hold them over. Of course, any member may hold over a nomination under our rules on the agenda. The first time theyre on the agenda. All three nominations will be held over for one week. As you all know, last week the Committee Held a fourday hearing to consider judge gorsuchs nomination. He testified for two days and over 20 hours. Before the hearing started we all knew how qualified the judge is. His resume speaks for itself. The last week we got to see up close how thoughtful, how are articulate and how humble he is. He is clearly deeply committed to being fair and impartial and is isnt willing to compromise to win vote nets senate. Ry have more to say on this issue next week when we debate his nomination in committime thank my colleagues working with me to make the hearings run smoothly. Almost everybody stayed within their time period and everybody was courteous and i think you, s
Senator grassley good morning everybody and thanks for being here, we have three exceptional ominees on the agenda, judge stein for od rosen Deputy Attorney general and racheal brand to be Deputy Attorney general. I understand the minority would like to hold them over. Any member may hold nominations under our rules on the agenda. First time they are on the agenda. All three nominations will be held over for one week. As you all know, last week the Committee Held a fourday hearing to consider judge gorsuchs nomination. He testified for two days and over 20 hours. Before the hearing started we knew how qualified the judge is and the resume speaks for itself. And we got to see up close how thoughtful, how articulate and how humble he is, he is deeply committed to be being fair and impartial judge. And he isnt willing to compromise the independence to win votes in the senate. Ill have a lot more to say on this issue next week when we debate his nomination in the committee. I thank my coll
I hope it doesnt take a long time. Pound] good morning everybody and thanks for being here. Today, we have three exceptional nominees on the agenda, judge gorsuch, to be associate justice of the supreme court. Rod rosenstein for Deputy Attorney general and racheal brand to be Deputy Attorney general. All three of these are on the agenda for the first time. I understand the minority would like to hold them over. Of course, any member may hold under our rules on the agenda the first time they are on the agenda. All three nominations will be held over for one week. As you all know, last week the Committee Held a fourday hearing to consider judge gorsuchs nomination. He testified for two days and over 20 hours. Before the hearing started, we all knew how qualified the judge is. His resume speaks for itself but last week we got to see up close how thoughtful, how articulate, and how humble he is. He is clearly deeply committed to being fair and impartial as a judge. He is not willing to com
I hope it doesnt take a long time. Pound] good morning everybody and thanks for being here. Today, we have three exceptional nominees on the agenda, judge gorsuch, to be associate justice of the supreme court. Rod rosenstein for Deputy Attorney general and racheal brand to be Deputy Attorney general. All three of these are on the agenda for the first time. I understand the minority would like to hold them over. Of course, any member may hold under our rules on the agenda the first time they are on the agenda. All three nominations will be held over for one week. As you all know, last week the Committee Held a fourday hearing to consider judge gorsuchs nomination. He testified for two days and over 20 hours. Before the hearing started, we all knew how qualified the judge is. His resume speaks for itself but last week we got to see up close how thoughtful, how articulate, and how humble he is. He is clearly deeply committed to being fair and impartial as a judge. He is not willing to com