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Properly before this committee. the chairman said earlier that he has never been through a confirmation process like this one. the reason is that no administration in the past has engaged in this kind of concealment. thats the reason very simply. it is not the chairmans doing necessarily. it is this administration that has concealed and hidden documents from us and from the american people. and so i renew my motion that we adjourn so that we can access the documents we need, review them in a del...

Session. >> mr. chairman i asked for a roll call vote on my motion to adjourn. >> mr. chairman, i move to adjourn and ask for a roll call vote. >> we are not in executive session. we will continue as planned. >> mr. chairman, may i be recognized, myself or one of my colleagues. >> are you out of order. >> i appeal to be recognized on your sense of decency and integrity. even the documents you have requested, even the ones you have requested the committee has not received and should be transparen...

Lawyers in this room and i ask that this body now do what its responsibility is, to have an executive session so we can vote on a motion to adjourn and then we can deliberately and thoughtfully consider the documents that have been presented and also review the committee documents that have been marked confidential without any reason or rationale. >> the motion is denied. >> sir, how long would that take? 10 minutes? i dont understand what the rush is that we cant even let senators vote on what ...

One of which must be cast by the minority. i ask for a vote on my motion to adjourn under rule 4, mr. chairman. these are rules that we are obligated to follow. the chairman has no right, with all due respect, to simply override them by fiat. >> we are obligated by that rule in executive session. we are not in executive session. i would respond -- i would -- i would respond to the issues brought up by senator durbin about confidential documents. i was criticized for my decision to receive some d...

The floor. ive made a motion that is properly before this committee. the chairman said earlier that he has never been through a confirmation process like this one. the reason is, no administration in the past has engaged in this kind of concealment. thats the reason. very simply. it is not the chairmans doing, necessarily. it is this administration that has concealed and hidden documents from us and from the american people. so i renew my motion that we adjourn so that we can access the document...

Bipartisan basis. thats not been the case here. 157,000 pages designated by bill burke is out of the reach of the american people and the senate judiciary committee. thats another examine ople of this has gone out of the way. >> mr. chairman? >> who wants the floor? >> the new senator. >> go ahead. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, can you tell me again how many documents have been produced? >> 488,000, minus -- i mean, other than 28,000 pages that justice kavanaugh has submitted, includ...

>> were not in an executive session -- >> mr. chairman, i ask for a roll call vote on my motion to adjourn. >> please, dont -- >> please vote no! please vote no! >> okay. mr. chairman, i move to adjourn. i ask for a roll call vote. >> were not in executive session. we will continue as planned. >> mr. chairman, may i be recognized, sir? i appeal to the chair to recognize myself or one of my colleagues. >> youre out of order. >> mr. chairman, i appeal to be recognized on your sense of decency and ...

Votes in the affirmative. one must be cast by the minor y minority. i ask for a vote on my motion to adjourn under rule 4, mr. chairman. these are rules that we are obligated to follow. the chairman has no right, with all due respect, to simply override them. >> we are obligated by that rule in kexecutive session. were not in executive session. i would respond -- i would respond to the issues brought up by senator durbin about confidential documents. i was criticized for my decision to receive s...

I respectfully ask that we follow our rules, that we proceed in accordance with those norms. i know the chairman has great respect for open government or whistleblowers, for sunlight as the best disinfectant. we need some sunlight in this process. thank you, mr. chairman. i, again, renew my motion to adjourn, which has been seconded by senator whitehouse. >> denied because were not in executive session. i will proceed with -- >> mr. chairman, before you proceed, id like to make one krep correcti...

Nominee? >> hopefully. it was going to be before 2:30. itll probably be later this afternoon now. >> all right. thank you, mr. chairman. >> yeah. >> mr. chairman? >> can i ask my colleagues on the other side of the aisle how long you want to go on with this? im not going to entertain any of the motions youre making. were not in executive session. i think we ought to level with the american people. do you want this to go on all day? i have been patient. ive been accused of having a mob rule sessi...