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Thursday, February 06, 2003

Senate debate on Estrada
Bernard Hibbitts at 9:06 AM ET

[JURIST] The full Senate resumed debate Thursday on the nomination of Miguel Estrada to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. Watch recorded video of Thursday's proceedings [via Fednet]. The text of Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Senator Orrin Hatch's opening statement Wednesday supporting the nomination [Hatch statement] is now available, as is that of Senator Patrick Leahy opposing the nomination [Leahy statement]. For a transcript of Wednesday's full debate on the Estrada nomination, see the Congressional Record [debate transcript].






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