this hearing. >> grassley marked his 15th supreme court confirmation hearing as a senator pushed back. >> how ridiculous it is to say that we don't have the records it takes to determine this person qualified to be on the supreme court. >> kavanaugh joined the federal bench in 2006 and democrat suggested he was less than honest when his first confirmation hearing about issues in the white house. >> for 12 years you could have corrected this record but you never did. >> republican likely came to his defense. >> the suggestion you misled this committee at any point in your previous hearings is absurd. >> finally the nominee got to speak for himself. >> i have given my all in every case. i'm proud of that body of work and stand behind it. i tell people don't read about my judicial opinions, read the opinions. >> the president praised as nominee calling the hearing a,