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    Oct 6

    Confirmed, 50-48: Brett M. Kavanaugh, of Maryland, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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  2. Oct 16

    Chairman is seeking details on a DOJ Inspector General investigation into a former senior FBI official who accepted sports tickets from a TV reporter then lacked candor when questioned about it.

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  3. Oct 16

    "And it's unfair to the American people...As a result of Democratic delay tactics, there are now 154 current and future judicial vacancies, 63 of which are classified as judicial emergencies...The judiciary simply cannot afford further obstruction from your side."—

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  4. Oct 16

    "'It's unfair to the nominees, who have already flown to Washington D.C. and made travel arrangements for their families to further delay this hearing,' said..., pointing to previous postponements for hearings."

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  5. Oct 16

    Chairman tells Democrats he will press ahead on 's judges

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  6. Oct 15

    In letter to Democrats, outlines multiple accommodations granted to the Ranking Member and her agreement to hold nominations hearings in October.

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    Oct 15
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    Chairman : "I will not be able to grant your request for a fourth postponement. The hearing will proceed as we agreed on October 17."

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  8. Retweeted
    Oct 15

    Senate Republicans have confirmed a record 84 total judges this Congress.

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  9. Oct 12

    Chairman hits with questions about security breach

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  10. Oct 12

    Chairman presses CEO on glitch that exposed data on 500,000 users

    19 replies 182 retweets 357 likes
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  11. Oct 12

    "The Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is pressing Google to explain its data privacy practices in the wake of revelations that user data was hacked from its now defunct social media platform, Google Plus."

    23 replies 170 retweets 345 likes
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  12. Oct 12

    . Chairman calling on Google to explain why it failed to disclose data vulnerability that it was aware of when it refused to testify on data privacy in April.

    20 replies 203 retweets 350 likes
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  13. Oct 12

    15 More Judicial Confirmations, with More to Come

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  14. Oct 12

    Missing Children's Assistance Act, authored by and advanced by has been signed into law. It continues federal support of state and local efforts to recover missing and exploited children.

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  15. Retweeted
    Oct 12

    Thanks to the hard work of and the Committee, we’ve been able to confirm 84 of ’ judges during this Congress to lifetime appointments on the federal bench—including two Supreme Court Justices and a record number of circuit court judges.

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  16. Retweeted
    Oct 11

    Glad to report that so far this Congress the Senate has confirmed 84 federal judges (2 SCOTUS+29 circuit+53 district judges) incl. 16 just this past wk & I expect we will confirm all remaining judges on floor + any more judges the judic cmte processes this yr b4 end of Congress

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  17. Retweeted
    Oct 11

    Music to my ears-I attended Pres Trump signing Music Modernization Act at the White House. Bill passd unanimously I led thru Judic Cmte along w Sen Hatch This bill brings outdated music licensing laws into the 21st century &creates fairer marketplace for songwriters/producers/etc

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  18. Oct 11

    Senate Judiciary Committee clears eight judicial nominees

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  19. Retweeted
    Oct 11

    The judic cmte just sent 8 more judges to the full Senate for final votes Total judges on floor now 49: 4 circuit + 43 district + 2 fed claims nominees Lots of work to do Senate shld stay in session til ALL 49 judges are CONFIRMED / work comes b4 campaigning

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  20. Oct 11

    Republicans push to confirm more than 40 judges before midterms

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  21. Oct 10

    Today the committee holds another nominations hearing. Five more judicial nominees, including two Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals nominees from Ohio. Another nominations hearing next week. And another the week after that. 3 hearings in 3 weeks. 5 circuit judges. 10 trial judges.

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