To be the first to make history in our nation you need to have an exceptional life story, judge Jackson’s achievements are well known to the Senate Judiciary Committee as we approved her to the D.C. Circuit less than a year ago with bipartisan support. We will begin immediately to move forward on her nomination with the careful, fair, and professional approach she and America are entitled to.

Dick Durbin

There are two issues that came up repeatedly yesterday from the other side of the aisle that I want to address at the outset. One of them was a question of judicial philosophy, lo and behold, I've discovered the answer. It turns out that during the course of your time as a judge, you have… written opinions – 573, to be exact. I think maybe I'm off, what, one or two? And they more or less express your view of the law.

I'm confident the American people will see through these attacks and any other last-minute attempts to derail Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin confirmation.

Of course, that's a very important difference.

We've heard claims that you are' soft on crime.' These baseless charges are unfair, i'm confident the American people will see through these attacks and any other last-minute attempts to derail Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin confirmation.

The Supreme Court has a long and storied history... The reality is the court's members in one respect have never really reflected the nation they served, in more than 230 years, the Supreme Court has had 115 justices. One hundred-eight have been White men... No justice has been a Black woman. You, judge, can be the first.

This is a dilemma. It's a classic dilemma. We want to provide the equipment that Ukraine needs to survive. We don't want to push Russian President Vladimir Putin into World War III or a nuclear confrontation, it is only the President who can make this decision, and he has urged caution. I can make arguments of one side or the other.

Senator Johnson is blocking this committee from proceeding on a nominee Senator Johnson recommended to President President Joe Biden.

Such a lack of communication is unacceptable and frankly disrespectful to William Pocan and William Pocan family.

I would join in Sen. Padilla's request that we be respectful and still discharge our duties within Democratic Senate Judiciary Committee.

I think we've found a way to deal with that I hope we have.

We had a meeting on it this morning, we're trying to wrap up two or three issues then I think we'll be ready to go.

No, we don't need anticipate any difficulties, we just hope he gets back real soon.

And it was Donald Trump who announced that President Biden nominee was going to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a woman nominee as well. So this is not the first time that a president has signaled what they're looking for in a nominee.

With this Supreme Court vacancy, President Biden has the opportunity to nominate someone who will bring diversity, experience, and an evenhanded approach to the administration of justice, i look forward to moving the President’s nominee expeditiously through the Committee.

For virtually his entire adult life, including a quarter century on the U.S. Supreme Court, Stephen Breyer has served his country with the highest possible distinction. He is, and always has been, a model jurist.

Perhaps the president went a little too far in his rhetoric, some of us do, but the fundamental principles and values at stake are very similar.

I would like to ask the president what he was thinking, because I don't believe you give Putin an inch. He'll take a mile,and I feel that way towards Ukraine for obvious, obvious reasons.

It is stark. And I will concede that point.

I think it's much stronger, it's a strong message to Vladimir Putin -- much better than the Ted Cruz approach.

The president and the White House, particularly a man named Jeffrey Clark… put a full court press on the acting attorney general to try to enlist them in overturning the results of the last election, it was relentless.