[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 154 (Friday, September 29, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S14702]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



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 NOMINATION OF JUSTICE JAMES DENNIS FOR THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR 
                           THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I would like to correct a matter that arose 
in yesterday's discussion on the nomination of Justice Dennis. As the 
committee investigation found, a case can be made that Justice Dennis 
should have recused himself and that he should have notified the 
committee of the problem. My staff has told me that it communicated 
these conclusions to interested Senators. But my staff has informed me 
that it never presented any conclusions to Senators concerning what the 
committee would have done had it known of the Times-Picayune 
information before it reported the nomination to the floor. I can 
appreciate how some might have misinterpreted these findings but I 
wanted to make the matter clear for the record.

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