particular need to be reminded of their own record when it comes to the treatment of african-american women whose nominations were before this body. in 2012 janice rogers brown, an african-american was nominated to serve on the u.s. court of appeals for the district of columbia, a court that had never included an african-american woman judge. the senator from illinois voted to filibuster her nomination in 2003, and again in 2005 when she was finally confirmed after waiting 684 days the senator from illinois voted against the historic nomination. i would never suggest, even with veiled red rick that that judge brown's race was the reason for his opposition to her nomination, and i say to my colleague, he should extend that courtesy to me and my