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
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