Flake: ‘I Will Only Be Comfortable Moving on the Floor Until the FBI Has Done More Investigation’

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GRASSLEY: "As a point of personal privilege, I’m going to call on Senator Flake to speak. Normally we would start the vote right now but as a point of personal privilege I would call on Senator Flake."

FLAKE: "Thank you. I have been speaking with a number of people on the other side, we have had conversations on going for a while with regard to making sure that we do due diligence here. And I think it would be proper to delay the floor vote. For up to, but not more than one week. In order to let the FBI continue — to do an investigation, limited in time and scope, to the current allegations that are there, limited in time to more than one week. I will vote to advance the bill to the floor with that understanding and I’ve spoken to a few other members who on my side of the aisle may be supportive as well. That’s my position. I think that we ought to do what we can to make sure that we do all due diligence with the nomination this important and I want to say that this Committee has acted properly. The  Chairman has bent over backwards to do investigations from this Committee and to delay this vote in this Committee for a week so that Dr. Ford can be heard. And she was yesterday. So that’s without agreement. I will vote to advance the bill to the floor. One second, can Dianne speak?"