And the Senate Judiciary Committee has the power to create rules for its committee that don't have to go to the whole Senate for a vote and worry about filibuster and all of that. We should demand, if we win back the Senate, that the Senate Judiciary Committee have the strength to put in place rules that would include, if a nominee for a federal court or the Supreme Court comes before them and starts lying, that they hold them in contempt if they refuse to give information for which the committee righteously requires. They think about accountability and consequence and that those members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have the courage, because we require it, to hold people accountable who are misleading intentionally. (12:32–13:02)
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Asserts that the Senate Judiciary Committee should hold nominees in contempt if they lie or withhold information.
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