a favorable recommendation. number two, we will shortly move to proceed to the kavanaugh nomination, and i'm pleased to announce all 51 republican members of the senate support the motion to proceed to the nomination. 100% of the republican conference supports proceeding to the kavanaugh nomination. now, in committee they reviewed the most pages of documents ever produced pertaining to any supreme court nomination. literally hundreds of judicial opinions from his tenure on the court of appeals for the d.c. circuit. in five days of hearing during which judge kavanaugh testified for nearly 40 hours. judge kavanaugh testified on every topic from complicated legal subjects to sensitive personal matters. there was testimony and