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Barbara Boxer (Calif.): ["The nominee"] deserves his day. And filibustering this nomination is keeping him from his day." (Congressional Record, June 21, 1995)

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Ted Kennedy (Mass.): Senators who feel strongly about the issue of fairness should vote for cloture, even if they intend to vote against the nomination itself. It is wrong to filibuster this nomination, and Senators who believe in fairness will not let a minority of the Senate deny [the nominee] his vote by the entire Senate." (Congressional Record, June 21, 1995)