Senator Hirono: (2:02 p.m.)

• Spoke on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
  • "Mr. President, I rise today in opposition to Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of the United States based on an in-depth look at his legal career and judicial writing, I conclude he has a long pattern of misstating facts and misapplying the law in order to further his partisan political agenda. His partisan ideologically driven agenda is particularly troubling in cases involving women's personal, intimate decisions. Roe v. Wade allows women to have control over whether and when to bear children. It is more than that as Justice O'Connor explained. I'm quoting Justice O'Connor, it is a promise of the Constitution that there is a realm of personal liberty which the government may not enter."

 

Senator Harris: (2:19 p.m.)

• Spoke on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
  • "There was not clearly when the White House directed the F.B.I. to do its work, it appears from everybody I've seen the F.B.I. Was not permitted to look at all the allegations. That's clear to me. It is clear that the White House did not permit the F.B.I. to request Mark Judge's Safeway records. It's clear from everything I've seen, the White House did not permit the F.B.I. to investigate the dishonest testimony of Brett Kavanaugh or to examine and listen to the evidence that would have been provided by a list of over two dozen witnesses that would have been at the very least able to corroborate or deny the allegations that were made."

 

Senator Murray: (2:32 p.m.)

• Spoke on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
  • "What message does that send across the country today to other women who are so bravely now telling their stories so it will not happen to anyone else? What does it say to them? What does it say to young girls in high school and college today? They're going to get away with it, so be quiet, because it'll only ruin your life, not theirs. What message does it say to young men? I have heard my colleagues say, well, it was high school, it was college. Really? Is that what we want, young boys in high school today to think that it's okay, don't worry whatever you do in high school does not count?"

 

Senator Blumenthal: (2:38 p.m.)

• Spoke on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
  • "I believe Dr. Blasey Ford because she was credible and powerful as a witness before us. In what she remembered and what she so candidly said she couldn't remember. I believe Deborah Ramirez. I believe all of you who have written my office or called us, as you have done many of you in other states to my colleagues, who have recounted the horrors of your personal experience with sexual assault, who have come to me as I've been in airports or rallies or other public meetings and shared with me your horrific stories. I believe you. America believes you."