[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 67 (Thursday, May 19, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H3678]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            SAVE FILIBUSTER

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, Republicans continue to abuse this body 
with their blatant disregard for the rules. They are clearly 
manufacturing a crisis about the judicial nomination process, saying it 
is in trouble. They would have us believe that none of Bush's nominees 
were being confirmed.
  But that just is not true. Let us remember that 95 percent of the 
Bush nominees have been approved, in contrast to 35 percent of the 
Clinton nominations. So instead of following history, they figure 
altering the Senate rules in their favor is the ultimate solution so 
that they can force ten nominees through the system.
  Republican leaders in Washington are absolutely out of control. They 
are so afraid of our democracy failing their interests that they must 
continue to bully in order to get their way. The American people do not 
want a Congress controlled by bullies. Bullies who are willing to 
sacrifice a 200-year-old democratic process that has withstood such 
debates as the 24-hour filibusters of the Civil Rights Act in 1960s.
  This abuse of power must end.

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