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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answers done has-beens
When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done.
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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,
answer fact intelligence mistake oversight question recognized
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 ...
answer argument beyond cone confirmed questions room seems senator silence specter
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.
answer necessary questions
You'll answer only as many questions as necessary to get confirmed. It's not the right thing to do.
answers judge roberts wait
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.
answers judge roberts wait
You have to wait and see how Judge Roberts answers questions.
answers approach candid concerned confident critical hear judge judicial questions rather refuse roberts stage
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,
answer burden questions
It just makes the burden on him to answer the questions even greater,
answer justice nice question strong
It was a strong and nice statement, but didn't answer the fundamental question what kind of justice will he be.
answer evidence john justice roberts
Now we must take the evidence we have and try to answer the fundamental question: What kind of justice will John Roberts be?
answers pleasantly surprised
I have been pleasantly surprised by some of your answers today,
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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.
answer bottom decided questions refuses time
If he (Roberts) refuses to answer questions on decided cases, ... I'm going to need a lot more time to try to get to the bottom of who he is.