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The pr firm that has been squiring this through the committee process. there was this letter, 65 women who claim to have known him in high school. he went to an all boys high school. they ran in the same circles outside d.c. what do you make the aelgllegats so far? >> it all makes since. i think weve all pointed out this is an extremely partisan confirmation. none of of it is surprising. its washington. there is a midterm election going on. the president wants to see another win on the supreme c...

Concealing by this procedure? what are they afraid the american people will see, what are they afraid we would be asking of this nm knominee if wd all of those documents that have been denied us in this sham and charade? >> senator lee? then senator tillis. >> to senator bookers point, the document has been approved through the committee process. it has been made public. i pledge to work with every one of you. if you have a document as to which a privilege has been asserted such that its not pub...

And thats what were following is the law. >> mr. chairman, with all due respect, following the presidential records act involves the national archives, the national archives is not involved in this process. it is a mr. bill burke who was a former assistant to the nominee who has decided what will be withheld, what is going to be committee confidential. so it isnt the presidential records act, please. >> well, still, let me make clear here, we anticipate some of this so let me read. criticize the...

Rhode island who was there for all of that. senate republicans accuse democrats of disrupting todays hearing by what they say is mob rule. i wonder what your reaction to that is. >> well, that seems a little bit exaggerated. i think we followed proper regular order throughout the whole committee process. i dont think you could go in a simple private contract case in a district court in any community in this country and dump 42,000 pages of documents on a litigant the evening before the trial and...

Moments of the hearing. >> the committee received less than 15 hours ago, 42,000 pages of documents that we have not had an opportunity to review or read or analyze. >> were have been denied real access to the documents we need to advise -- >> mr. chairman, regular order. >> that turn this is into a charade and a mockery. >> were are rushing through this process in a way that is unare in. i appeal for the motion to at least be voted on. i appeal to your sense of fairness and decency and commitme...

Presidential records act and that is what we are following, is the law. >> mr. chairman, with all due respect, following the presidential records act involves a national archives. the national archives is not involved in this process. it was bill burke, a former assistant to the nominee >> so it isnt the presidential record act, please. >> let me make clear here, criticized the committee process for obtaining judge kavanaughs record, they have accused us of cutting the national honor guard out o...

We dont care what the nominee thinks. thats what we are following is the law. mr. chairman, with all due respect following the executives act involving the national archives is not involved in the process, it is a mr. bill burke who was the former assistant to the nominee who has decided what will be withheld. it is not the presidentials record act, please. >> let me make clear here. we anticipated some of these so let me read. criticizing the committee process for obtaining judge kavanaughs rec...

Members of this committee have raised issues about an unprecedented committee process by which documents were blocked by which they were considered classified and by which we have been blocked from being able to share them with the american people or ask questions based on them. this is unprecedented. thats why as you put it, this side seeks to raise issues to establish ground rules before we proceed? >> you ask an appropriate question. i have an answer. i dont know whether it will satisfy you o...

Unprecedented committee process by which documents were blocked, by which they were considered classified, and by which we have been blocked from being able to share them with the american people or ask questions based on them. this is unprecedented. thats why, as you put it, this side seeks to raise issues to establish ground rules before we proceed. >> you asked an appropriate question. i have an answer. i dont know whether it will satisfy you or not. those documents are the least useful in un...

Raised issues about an unprecedented committee process, by which documents were blocked, by which they were considered classified, and by which we have been blocked from being able to share them with the american people or ask questions based on them. this is unprecedented. thats why, as you put it, this side seeks to raise issues to establish ground rules before we proceed. >> you asked an appropriate question. i have an answer. i dont know whether itll satisfy you or not. those documents are t...