senator deconcini: i know exactly how you feel. senator heflin: judge thomas, one of the aspects of this is that she could be living in a fantasy world. i don't know. we are just trying to get to the bottom of all of these facts. but if you didn't listen and didn't see her testify, i think you put yourself in an unusual position. you are, in effect, defending yourself, and basically some of us want to be fair to you, fair but if you didn't listen to what she said today, then that puts it somewhat in a more difficult task to find out what the actual facts are relative to this matter. judge thomas: the facts keep changing, senator. when the fbi visited me, the statements to this committee and the questions are one thing. the fbi's subsequent questions were another thing. and the statements today, as i receive summaries of them, are another thing. i am not -- it is not my fault that the facts change. what i -- change. what i have said to you is categorical that any allegations that i engaged in any conduct involving sexual activity, p

senator deconcini: i know exactly how you feel. senator heflin: judge thomas, one of the aspects of this is that she could be living in a fantasy world. i don't know. we are just trying to get to the bottom of all of these facts. but if you didn't listen and didn't see her testify, i think you put yourself in an unusual position. you are, in effect, defending yourself, and basically some of us want to be fair to you, fair but if you didn't listen to what she said today, then that puts it somewhat in a more difficult task to find out what the actual facts are relative to this matter. judge thomas: the facts keep changing, senator. when the fbi visited me, the statements to this committee and the questions are one thing. the fbi's subsequent questions were another thing. and the statements today, as i receive summaries of them, are another thing. i am not -- it is not my fault that the facts change. what i -- change. what i have said to you is categorical that any allegations that i engaged in any conduct involving sexual activity, p