I am concerned by a trend on the court to limit this right and thereby to curtail the autonomy that we have fought for and achieved, in this case, over just simply controlling our own reproductive system rather than having some politicians do it for us, |
I am pleased to be part of the Congressional Dairy Farmers Caucus. As a senator from the nation's number one dairy state, I know how important dairy issues are to my State and to the nation. I look forward to working with my colleagues on issues important to our dairy farmers as we work on the next Farm Bill. |
I am the only woman on this committee. And when I started, I said that was going to be my bar, ... He didn't cross my bar. |
I asked a number of questions and she did answer them, ... But the key is to ask the questions in public. |
I asked for some ability to find a commitment to broad legal principles that form the basis of our fundamental rights, |
I began to think, if I vote for him, and he goes the other way, and it was a situation where women would die, I'd never forgive myself. |
I can't be a Californian and believe that every member of the Supreme Court has to come out of Harvard, |
I don't believe (Clinton's actions rise) to the level of impacting a danger on the nation to the extent that the nation has to be saved by removing this president from his office. |
I don't know what tree we're barking up, |
I don't really know what I'm going to do with respect to voting for you or against you. |
I don't really know what I'm going to do, ... What kind of a justice would you be, John Roberts? |
I don't think in the last couple of decades there has been a Supreme Court appointment that could more tip the balance of the court, ... That's how mega this vote is. |
I don't want to belabor it. |
I guess what has begun to concern me a little bit is Judge Roberts, the legal automaton, as opposed to Judge Roberts, the man, because I've heard so many times, 'I can't really say because it may come before me, ... I do expect to know a little bit more about how you feel and how you think as a man, because you're a very young man to be chief justice. You could be chief justice for 40 years. That's a very long time. |
I happen to feel that it would be very difficult for me to vote yes on a nominee I thought would overturn Roe vs. Wade, |