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‘The Senior Senator from Minnesota has said, ‘Let's give this one week.’ She said that last Friday. And she indicated her support for the investigation, even saying we're all in a better spot now than we were before. Well, I hope that's still her position.’

‘The Junior Senator from Delaware during the hearing called for the same amount of time, just one more week. And in a television interview the Junior Senator from Hawaii said that seven days is enough time to ‘get to the bottom’ of these allegations.’

‘A vote against Kavanaugh is a yes vote for more of these despicable tactics being used time and time again in the future.’

‘Hopefully the Senate will come to its senses and realize how wrong, how embarrassing, how disgraceful this process has been not only to Dr. Ford, but to Judge Kavanaugh as well.’

WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) delivered remarks on Democrats’ delay tactics against Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the United States Supreme Court. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s floor remarks are below, and video can be found here. 

“The Senior Senator from Minnesota has said, ‘Let's give this one week.’ She said that last Friday. And she indicated her support for the investigation, even saying we're all in a better spot now than we were before. Well, I hope that's still her position.”

“We had our colleagues across the aisle agree to both the timeline and the validity of this last step in Judge Kavanaugh's confirmation. The Junior Senator from Delaware during the hearing called for the same amount of time, just one more week. And in a television interview the Junior Senator from Hawaii said that seven days is enough time to ‘get to the bottom’ of these allegations. So I hope, Mr. President, that our colleagues will remember their own words, their own statements.”

“All of the Senate Democrats on the Judiciary Committee have said they unequivocally oppose his confirmation.”

“This is about our national commitment to the Constitution, one that guarantees your liberty unless the government can come in and prove a case against you, where you have a chance to confront the witnesses against you, where you enjoy a presumption of innocence. This is no longer a job interview. This is no longer even just about Judge Kavanaugh.”

“A vote against Judge Kavanaugh is a yes vote for more search and destroy efforts against public servants and judicial nominees and more ambushing nominees after crucial information is withheld for weeks at a time.”

“If this is the new precedent for the United States Senate, woe be to us.”

“A vote against Kavanaugh is a yes vote for more of these despicable tactics being used time and time again in the future.”

“The American people deserve a final and definitive resolution to this process. Judge Kavanaugh deserves the same thing, as does the Supreme Court. This week after the investigation, the supplemental background investigation of the FBI concludes, there will be a vote. And I trust that Judge Kavanaugh will then finally be confirmed. And then hopefully the Senate will come to its senses and realize how wrong, how embarrassing, how disgraceful this process has been not only to Dr. Ford, but to Judge Kavanaugh as well.”