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‘Many of the excuses they're now giving, particularly with regard to documents, are merely smoke screens for their true goal, which as we see here in the San Francisco Chronicle is simply to stall, stall, stall. They've telegraphed the strategy in the press and they've made it clear that it's their only shot at blocking this mainstream nominee.’

‘Chairman Grassley has said he hopes to have a hearing on the nomination and then a vote on the Senate floor in advance of the October term of the Supreme Court, and I look forward to helping him keep that schedule.’

WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) noted that despite Democrats’ stall tactics and demands for millions of documents from throughout Judge Kavanaugh’s career, the Senate will move forward with the confirmation process in a timely manner.  Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s floor remarks are below, and video can be found here. 

“I call this ‘The Great Paper Chase.’ You've heard us warn that the Democrat demands for every document from Judge Kavanaugh's time in the White House is nothing more than a stall tactic. Well, several media reports over the last few days have now confirmed that this is in fact their exact strategy.”

“Their broader coordinated strategy is to delay and stall, not actually vet the nominee.”

“Our Democratic colleagues are simply not interested in vetting Judge Kavanaugh because they've already made up their mind.”

“Many of the excuses they're now giving, particularly with regard to documents, are merely smoke screens for their true goal, which as we see here in the San Francisco Chronicle is simply to stall, stall, stall. They've telegraphed the strategy in the press and they've made it clear that it's their only shot at blocking this mainstream nominee.”

“Chairman Grassley has said he hopes to have a hearing on the nomination and then a vote on the Senate floor in advance of the October term of the Supreme Court, and I look forward to helping him keep that schedule.”