do you see -- gordon grigg was the white house counsel to president bush will be testifying on the next panel of this hearing. and his view is that you actually would be an unconstitutional act for senator. let me read to you what he said. and i quote but i believe use of senate cloture rule to permanently block nominations conflicts with the constitution's advice and consent clause. so, senator lee, is your message to mr. gray that it doesn't, he doesn't know the law? >> i certainly would never set. i have enormous respect for mr. gray. i can certainly from but i also consider him something of a role model, as a constitutional scholar come and i admire his work. i'm not sure of the totality of the circumstances in which he made a comment but let me say this, my belief is that because congress is a legislative body consisting of elected officials, and those elected officials are retired in increments, especially in the senate where we have elections every two years, you have a set of laws that one body has to deal with in many instances you have members of a new congress that didn't vot

do you see -- gordon grigg was the white house counsel to president bush will be testifying on the next panel of this hearing. and his view is that you actually would be an unconstitutional act for senator. let me read to you what he said. and i quote but i believe use of senate cloture rule to permanently block nominations conflicts with the constitution's advice and consent clause. so, senator lee, is your message to mr. gray that it doesn't, he doesn't know the law? >> i certainly would never set. i have enormous respect for mr. gray. i can certainly from but i also consider him something of a role model, as a constitutional scholar come and i admire his work. i'm not sure of the totality of the circumstances in which he made a comment but let me say this, my belief is that because congress is a legislative body consisting of elected officials, and those elected officials are retired in increments, especially in the senate where we have elections every two years, you have a set of laws that one body has to deal with in many instances you have members of a new congress that didn't vot