CSPAN2 U.S. Senate U.S. Senate July 7, 2024
a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from california. mr. padilla: mr. president, for many people, not just here and around the capitol but across the country, the past few weeks have been a wake-up call, a wake-up call to see the stakes of our fight for a fair judiciary, from abortion rights to free speech, to gun violence, federal judges make countless decisions that impact our daily lives. we've been reminded of that in a very significant way. but our current federal bench is not representative of the diversity of our country and our democracy, and we have ...
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