Kamala Harris: We Should Not Be Moving Forward with This Hearing

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HARRIS: "—Massachusetts called these hearings a Supreme Court nominee’s 'job interview with the American people.' By that standard, the nominee before us is coming into his job interview with more than 90 percent of his background hidden. I would think that anyone who wanted to sit on the nation’s highest court would be proud of their record and would want the American people to see it. I would think that anyone privileged to be nominated to the Supreme Court of the United States would want to be confirmed in a process that is not under a cloud that respects due process. I would think that anyone nominated to the Supreme Court of the United States would want to have a hearing that is characterized by transparency and fairness and integrity and not shrouded by uncertainty and suspicion and concealment and doubt. We should not be moving forward with this hearing. The American people deserve better than this. Judge Kavanaugh, as most of us know, you have young children and I know they are proud of you and I know you’re a great parent. I applaud all you have done in the community. This is a week when most students in our country go back to school. It occurs to me that many years ago right around this time, I was starting kindergarten."