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Fbi on september 12th, over two weeks ago. if the president and the republican majority had asked for the fbi to do an investigation at that time, like we asked, it would likely be finished by now. most importantly, when judge kavanaugh talked to republicans repeatedly, none of us have spoken to or questioned mark judge, patrick smyth, leland keyser. none of us approached james roche, lynne or chris. not one senator, as far as i know, has had the opportunity, from, opportunity to or question deb...

Objections, but it has only come to our attention here in the last several days. probably the last two weeks. it has been 60 days since dr. fords letter, since the letter was made public. then weve had some comments about why we didnt investigate ramirez. when i learned of ms. ramirezs allegations, i acted immediately to investigate them, unlike our democratic colleagues, some of whom sat on her story and apparently conducted their own private investigation rather than shared with the committee....

Over two weeks ago. if the president ends the republican majority had asked for the fbi to an investigation at that time like we asked, it would likely be finished by now. and most importantly, one judge kavanaugh house talked to to republicans repeatedly, none of us have spoken to her? judge, patrick smith, leland keyser, or the polygraph examiner. none of us have talked to or questioned lynn brooks, liz swisher, or chris dudley. it not one senator, as far as i know, have had the opportunity to...

Forth. apparently you can have two republicans speak and one democrat. is that what -- >> thats what -- absolutely. after i get done, im not giving an opening statement. im explaining, as a chairman ought to explain the work of the committee to people who dont seem to understand it. ill call on senator hatch when im done, then you senator leahy. when i learned of miss ramirezs allegations, i acted immediately to investigate them, unlike our democratic colleagues some of who sat on her story and ...

Without gathering the information, but its equally unfair to have heard from a credible, poise, and a brave witness and simply ignore what we heard and move forward immediately. i dont know deborah ramirez. i dont know whether her allegations are credible. i dont know julie swetnick. i dont know whether her allegations are credible. but i do you know this. it dr. ford provided credible, powerful testimony that deserves to be considered and not dismissed as a partisan smear campaign, which it was...

Some democratic senators have known of ms. ramirezs allegations for some time. and it quotes one democratic member of the committee as saying this allegation, quote, should be fully investigated, end of quote. that is exactly what i have done and what could have been done easier if senate democrats had not kept the information to themselves. and then my last one will deal with the swetnick allegations. two days ago, we became aware of the allegations of julie swetnick. she claimed that judge kav...

That miss ramirez, quote, has accurately relayed what she recalls to the new yorker, end of quote. council added, however, that, quote, she would welcome an investigation by the fbi into this investigation and would cooperate with such on appropriate terms, she would agree to be interviewed in person, end of quote. over the 24th and 25th of this month, my staff repeatedly asked miss ramirezs council two questions before setting up a call to discuss her allegations so such a call could be meaning...

Willing to provide her evidence including her testimony to committee investigators, end of quote. my staff repeatedly made clear that it welcomed, quote, the receipt of ms. ramirez or anyone elses evidence in the form of a letter or e-mail to the chairman and ranking member. a letter or e-mail from counsel to the chairman or ranking member, or a statement to committee investigators. ms. ramirezs counsel has still not provided any evidence to committee staff. if evidence emerged, we, of course, w...

Whether she was, quote, willing to provide her evidence, including her testimony to committee investigators, end of quote. my staff made clear they would welcome, quote, the receipt of miss ramirezs allegation to the chairman and ranking member, a letter or e-mail from council or statement to committee investigators. miss ramirez council has not provided any evidence to committee staff, if evidence emerged, we, of course, would proceed as appropriate. my staff also acted swiftly to set up an int...

The order would be we go back and forth, and apparently, you can have two republicans speak and one democrat. is that what the chairman is doing? >> absolutely. after i get done, and im not giving an opening statement, im explaining as the chairman ought to explain, the work of the committee to people that dont seem to understand it. ill call on senator hatch when im done, and then im going to call on you, senator leahy. when i learned of ms. ramirezs allegations, i acted immediately to investig...