Sam Brownback
Sam Brownback
Samuel Dale "Sam" Brownbackis an American politician currently serving as Governor of Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, Brownback was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives during the Republican Revolution of 1994, representing Kansas's 2nd congressional district for a single term, before running in a 1996 special election for the Senate seat previously held by Bob Dole. He won that election, and two regular elections following, serving until 2011. He ran for president in 2008, but withdrew...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 September 1956
CityGarnett, KS
CountryUnited States of America
You're going to get a filibuster either way. So let's fight over something we know what the fight is about.
You're going to get a filibuster either way,
I have not determined ... at this point, how I would vote,
I'm not surprised and it shows the maturity of the party. They wanted a clear nominee.
I want to ask her about it (the speeches) and her philosophy.
We want a nominee that's set, like Ruth Bader Ginsburg is set,
we just don't know her background on judicial restraint and on the Constitution.
at the end of the day, we were not given the documents that we believed we needed to give good advice and consent on this nomination.
This is a bipartisan effort. This is just good common sense. This is where the public wants us to go. They want us to not be so dependent on foreign oil.
This is a bipartisan effort, ... This is just good common sense. This is where the public wants us to go. They want us to not be so dependent on foreign oil.
Them providing this type of information from the White House is almost a risk they assume when you nominate a candidate that's from inside the White House,
an individual of unquestionable qualifications and a long judicial track record.
This is a serious matter, ... but I think you go on with the agenda.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has been hard at work for over a month on comprehensive immigration reform. No bill before the committee proposes blanket amnesty. ... Border security is our main priority. We are working to merge the best of several proposals, and hopefully we can all agree that we must protect our borders, enforce the law, provide legal means for people to work in the United States, and fix a broken system.