Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
Charles Ellis "Chuck" Schumeris an American politician, the senior United States Senator from New York and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected in 1998, he defeated three-term Republican incumbent Al D'Amato by a margin of 55%–44%. Schumer was re-elected in 2004 by a margin of 71%–24% and in 2010 by a margin of 66%–33%...
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Why this room should be some kind of cone of silence is beyond me, ... It seems to me this is something of an argument of convenience. Senator Specter said it well, you can answer as many questions as you can to get confirmed ... that's not the right thing to do.
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You'll answer only as many questions as necessary to get confirmed. It's not the right thing to do.
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I have been pleasantly surprised by some of your answers today,
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Now we must take the evidence we have and try to answer the fundamental question: What kind of justice will John Roberts be?
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You have to wait and see how Judge Roberts answers questions, ... He has to tell us who he is, judicially speaking. Americans overwhelmingly want to know his views.
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You have to wait and see how Judge Roberts answers questions.
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It just makes the burden on him to answer the questions even greater,
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It was a strong and nice statement, but didn't answer the fundamental question what kind of justice will he be.
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When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done.
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As we approach the hearings, rather than feel confident that we will hear candid answers to critical questions about judicial philosophy, I am concerned that the stage is being set for Judge Roberts to refuse to answer,
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Roberts set an awfully high bar in terms of intellect and ability to answer questions, which is going to be awfully hard for the next nominee to match,
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has an obligation to answer tough questions from the committee about whether his views have changed and whether he would advance a particular ideological position that is contrary to decades of legal precedent.
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Name-calling isn't going to answer the fundamental question of why there hasn't been oversight of the use of this intelligence information, ... And the fact that this administration hasn't even recognized there's been a mistake ...
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If Judge Roberts repeatedly resorts to the so-called 'Ginsburg Precedent,' it will sound less like a principled refusal to answer and more like a variation on the Fifth Amendment: 'I refuse to answer that question on the ground that it may incriminate me. Answering may reveal my actual views about constitutional law and cause me to lose votes,'