STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY (D) MISSOURI URGING UNITED STATES SENATE TO TAKE NO FURTHER ACTION ON THE NOMINATION OF DC CIRCUIT JUDGE BRETT KAVANAUGH TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT UNTIL ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ARE FULLY INVESTIGATED

NOTE: The following, in its entirety, is a first-person

statement by Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) Missouri

WASHINGTON, DC – “I am extremely troubled by serious questions of character and conduct raised by Professor Christine Blasey Ford against Judge Brett Kavanaugh regarding an alleged sexual assault.

She deserves to be heard, as does the Judge’s response to her disturbing allegations.

The question is not when this alleged sexual assault happened, or when Professor Ford found the courage to disclose it.

The real question for all of us who love and respect the women in our lives is why would we doubt her veracity given the terrible price that she will now pay for speaking out in public?

The Senate should take no further action on this life-time appointment until all avenues of investigation into this allegation, including an FBI investigation, are concluded.

That investigation should be allowed to proceed without obstruction or concern for any artificial confirmation timeline that has nothing to do with justice, but everything to do with the midterm elections.”

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