very painful attacks on his characters, both years ago and again today, with little or no acknowledgement of his accomplishments and actions or the responses he has made to the accusations levied against him. as this committee debates in nomination, i would draw your attention to an important ep log to jeff sessions nomination 31 years ago to be a federal judge. the late senator arlen specter of pennsylvania was a member of the judiciary committee when the sessions nomination was considered in 1986. senator specter, then a republican, voted against jeff sessions. years later in 2009, senator