[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 67 (Wednesday, May 7, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S5838]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            OWEN NOMINATION

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I have some further remarks I want to make 
with regard to the Owen nomination. I know there are other Senators who 
will be coming to the floor. I certainly want to give them an 
opportunity to speak on that subject if they wish.
  As I was saying, the comment of the Senator from North Dakota that 
123 Bush judicial nominees have been confirmed and only 2 obstructed, 
as these 2 fine ones have been, and that is a sign that the system is 
not broken really is at odds with the caricature I have heard and the 
Nation has heard about the type of person President Bush has nominated 
for judicial office. The truth is that they are uniformly highly 
qualified, able, and experienced, and should be, and are the same type 
of people who should be confirmed; and why they have picked out these 2 
nominees against whom to engage in an unprecedented filibuster is, 
frankly, beyond me.
  I see the Senator from Kentucky and the Senator from Nevada here. I 
yield the floor to them.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Kentucky is recognized.

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