what effect do you think george kavanaugh -- judge kavanaugh would have as a supreme court justice to improve this issue, this disconnecting with society, to be somewhat eliminated or at least -- more and more judges and everything are becoming specialized at the same time everyone is supposed to know the law. >> first of all, with judge kavanaugh's understanding of the role of the branches and judges being a umpire of the law. that leads to the elected branches, your member of congress, president, reaching a greater number of decisions. i think that in and of itself helps with the common person. the average person can see and talk to more readily their elected representatives. if that person is making a decision, that keeps things real a little more. in his role as a judge deciding practical cases, judge kavanaugh is interested in the craft of writing, to the extent that he is writing in a clear way that for sure he would want the average member of the public to understand opinions, writing in shorter sentence structures, clearly explaining ideas. even in that way i think trying to m

what kind of judge is judge kavanaugh? being professors, you want to spend the afternoon with them, but you only have a sentence or two. how would you answer that question to the lay man in a brief way? i would say judge kavanaugh is a independent, fair-minded judge who is looking to apply the text and statutes of the constitution with the context and relevant history and precedent that there is. it, looking fairly at the issues. motivatedavanaugh is by separation of powers. he wants to make sure that congress is doing its job. that the president does his or her job and the federal agencies are following the commands of both. you are really strongly. i love the separation of powers in every single case, he's trying to figure out why do we follow the statute because congress is the one who makes the law. reasonable disagreements, sure. but he's going to look at the kind of statute and the law and apply it neutrally and fairly. most aligned with that. .> one more question quotesidering that the on judges practically have bec

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judge kavanaugh is unique. many men are not interested in women's sports, and he and i are interested in women lacrosse. his cousin was a star for the unc women's lacrosse program. she was playing when the tar heels won the national championship. judge kavanaugh and i exchange emails every year, pregame analysis, postgame analysis, tournament brackets, and he is immersed in details, and he takes his daughters to games to instill the level of interest in the sport. i am not sure i can say that, that i have seen that many in person, but in 2009 the year after i had clerked for him, he had shown up to the final four in baltimore with his 3-year-old daughter margaret. he was excited to share these experiences with her, and it was exciting to me to see him starting to pass that on to the next generation. he does not just like women's lacrosse. we as a family go to the nationals game once a year, and it gives us an opportunity to cheer on the hometown team, also to continue to build a bond within the clerk network an

young: i rise to speak about judge kavanaugh. judge kavanaugh's qualifications are undeniable. he's proven over the last 12 years on the u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit that he is most well qualified for this next step in his career. i had the opportunity to sit down with judge kavanaugh in my office just last month. he struck me as a man of great character and integrity. he answered questions directly. he spoke forthrightly. he demonstrated at once a strong intellect and a deep humility. he had a wide-ranging conversation with me on the issue that are important to the people in my home state of indiana, including his approach to faithfully interpreting the constitution of the united states. now, as a d.c. circuit judge, he has carried out his duties faithfully and consistently. he's shown by the record that he understands that the judge's role is to apply the law as it's written. it's not to impose his own policy preferences. he is what you might call a technicallualist when interpreting statutes, meaning he adheres strictly to the law as it's written. and he's an o

i clerked for judge kavanaugh in 2008, 2009. i had met him a few years earlier, very briefly, when i was working in the white house, and he was at the white house at the same time. he was much more senior than i was, and so i didn't work very closely with him, but i met him a few times, and he had a wonderful reputation in the white house for being meticulous, for being detail oriented, for being an honest broker and making sure that the president had the advice of all his advisors and being very even-handed. i reconnected with him i think it may have been at the same dinner that sarah met him at, on campus. and i was very excited to sit and talk with him a little bit more and very excited about the opportunity to be apply to clerk with him. and so i clerked with him in 2008, 2009. it was an amazing apprenticeship experience as my colleagues have talked about already. and i've had -- i've been very happy and privileged to stay in close touch with him in the decade or so since then. i want to talk a little bit about what i saw in

what kind of judge is judge kavanaugh? being professors, you want to spend the afternoon with them, but you only have a sentence or two. how would you answer that question to the layman in a brief way? jennifer: i would say judge kavanaugh is an independent, fair-minded judge who is looking to apply the text and statutes of the constitution with the context and relevant history and precedent that there is. case by case, looking fairly at the issues. >> judge kavanaugh's jurisprudence is motivated by separation of powers. he wants to make sure that congress is doing its job. that the president does his or her job, and the federal agencies are following the commands of both. you see that really strongly. i love the idea that you see separation of powers in every single case. why does he care we follow the statute? because congress makes the law. are there reasonable disagreements? sure. he is the type of judge that will look at a law and apply it neutrally and fairly that is most like in a way that congress -- aligned in a w

block kavanaugh. protect the law. block kavanaugh. protect the law. block kavanaugh. hey hey. ho, -- hey hey, ho kavanaugh has got to go. hey, ho ho, kavanaugh has got to go. louder. , kavanaugh has got to go. sing it louder. come on, y'all. -- what? give it up. this is so much fun. i hope you all are ready. this is a program. you need to be loud. if i do not hear screaming, i am going to assume you all do not know what is happening, which is a bad thing. good. thank you all for screening with me. we are going to have much more screaming to come. i am going to turn it over to an who is our schue vice president of policy. >> i do not know why i am following mia. i have the distinct torture of following her. thank you to all of you for joining us today. i know what you are all thinking. this sham profit must stop now. the senate must hear the voice of the people. you, withith all of all of our friends here today acme, from theom asia-pacific labor alliance, from the center for american progress action, coalition weight -- coalition labor union ,omen, equal rights advocates natio

democratic leaders want to stall judge kavanaugh's confirmation anyway possible. they hope to bury the senate and mountains of irrelevant documents to delay his confirmation hearing and perhaps deny him a vote during this current congress. the ranking members hometown newspaper reported this game over the weekend and the headline read something using the words stall. the san francisco chronicle called it holding, a tactic that could postpone a decision until after the midterm elections. the article explained that, and i quote again, the democratic strategy is to demand to see every document that crossed cavanaugh's desk while he served as part president george w. bush is -- secretary from 2003-2006. in other words the democratic leaders are demanding these documents in order to needlessly delay the process rather than for legitimate purposes. but these tactics aren't going to work. let me address some of the minority leaders specific points. he says that traditionally the senate judiciary committee sends a bipartisan letter requesting documents and he said that we

to the nomination of brett kavanaugh. we will be given limited information because of this process. we will have to do our best to carefully review this nominee before he's consider for a lifetime appointment to the highest court and on land. i yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. >> mr. president? >> senator from iowa. >> i ask unanimous consent that nathan williams, law clerk with my judiciary committee staff be granted floor privileges for the duration of today's session. >> as i have for several weeks now spoken to my colleagues about the nomination of judge brett kavanaugh, i returned to further elaborate on where we are in that process. two weeks from today, judge brett kavanaugh will appear before the senate judiciary committee for the first davis confirmation hearing. i'm quite excited to finally hear from him. he is one of the most qualified nominees ever picked for the supreme court. he has contributed a great deal to his community and the legal profession, besides being an outstanding judge on t

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judge kavanaugh is dedicated to judicial independence. he is not afraid to tell another branch of government when that branch has exceeded its lawful authority. at the same time, he has great respect for the separation of powers. and will interpret the law as is written by the people's representative in congress instead of trying to be a super legislator. so i hope that all of my colleagues are looking forward as i am to hearing from judge kavanaugh when he appears before the judiciary committee on loseptember 4. i yield the floor. >> tonight booktv is in prime time with a look at recent books on the civil rights movement. georgetown university professor michael eric dyson discusses his book, what truth sounds like. james baldwin and our unfinished conversation about race in america. janet bell on her book light in the fires of freedom.james swanson in his book chasing kings killer. the hunt for more luther king junior is assassin. booktv all this week in prime time on c-span2. saturday morning at 1030 eastern. booktv is live at the missi

kavanaugh at the hearing? to make a confirmation decision on a nominee based on secret documents not available to the public or the full senate, is extremely troubling. i participated in 10 supreme court nominations. i would like to take the opportunity to ask the chairman respectfully to ensure that the records are released before the hearing. in the same manner that has been done for previous supreme court nominations. it may seem trivial to debate how many pages we can or cannot review or what is public and what is not public, but withholding even a small number of documents from the senate or public could prevent key facts from being known. this is true because there is so much at stake in this nomination. if confirmed, brett kavanaugh would be the deciding vote on cases involving individuals' rights to privacy, liberty, and autonomy in the most personal aspects of their lives. the fundamental rights guarantee that parents and not the state can direct the upbringing and education of their children that wom

. >> judge kavanaugh's hearing will begin september 4. this is a longer period than we had for justices sotomayor, kagan, and gorsuch. this longer period of time is -- this is a period of time that is another example of how the most transparent confirmation process of all time . on the d.c.ars circuit judge kevin i issued more than 300 opinions and joined hundreds more. as senator schumer and leahy nominee's judicial record is the best way to evaluate a nominee. judge kavanaugh also submitted more than 17,000 pages with his bipartisan judicial committee questionnaire, and that happens to be the most robust questionnaire given to a nominee. this is already more than any previous supreme court nominee, with many more documents yet to come. most already publicly available and we are working to make the vast majority of them publicly available as quickly as possible. we had plenty of time to review all of these materials before the hearing. the majority staff has already reviewed nearly 80% of them. unfortunately, some have tried to criticize

in the 12 years on the d c circuit, judge kavanaugh-ish -- kavanaugh issued and hundreds more. as senator schumer and way he at the justice's confirmation hearing, in nominee's judicial record is the best way to evaluate a nominee. also submitted more than 17,000 pages with his bipartisan judicial committee questionnaire, and that happens to be the most robust questionnaire given to a nominee. received to enter 50,000 pages of documents from judge kavanaugh's service in the executive branch. than anylready more previous supreme court nominee, with many more documents yet to come. most already publicly available and we are working to make the vast majority of them publicly available as quickly as possible. we had plenty of time to review all of these materials before the hearing. has already staff reviewed nearly 80% of them. have triedly, some to criticize what is the most transparent confirmation process. think they're failing, they are failing because democratic leaders have made their true global -- their true goal obvious. confirmation as long as possible in hopes the senat

[applause] judge kavanaugh: that is it. we do it quick. judge grant.ns to congratulations to her parents. thank you. roe v. wade decision will likely be discussed in confirmation hearings for brent cobb and he -- brett kavanaugh. with davidscussion savage on the judge kavanaugh nomination. in 1982, you wrote justice kennedy's opinion had affirmed the right to an abortion "probably for all time." how does that statement hold up today? mr. savage: what i remember about 1982, when they decided that case in late june, it was the most surprising decision i had seen in the 30 years i was doing it. because in the spring of 1992, it looked like there were 5, 6, maybe seven votes to cut back on the right to abortion or overturn roe v. wade. that seemed to be where we were heading. i spent the summer talking to the justices. i remember sitting and talking to justice scalia, and he was steamed up about what happened. i wrote a long story in the fall , sort of reconstructing what had happened inside the courtroom and that is where that quote must have

i asked judge kavanaugh the appropriate question. i asked him if you agreed that roe versus wade and planned parenthood were correctly decided. he would not say yes. that should send shivers down the spine of any american who believes in reproductive freedom for women. i asked judge kavanaugh about any restrictions for women's right to choose. such as banning abortion after four weeks or six weeks, or requiring the rate approval of two physicians. he would not say those constituted non- do burden on a woman's right. even four weeks he would not say it's an undue burden. judge kavanaugh has a special obligation to make his views clear. he said everybody says settled bond does not answer questions. i reminded him he's in a unique position. no other president has nominated someone to the supreme court after saying i will only nominate someone who will overturn roe versus wade. he had a special obligation to dispute that, he did not. at all. i asked him when he was in the president's office, i want you to understand it is settled law. i

on that obligation, judge kavanaugh fail spectacular. >> i look forward to watching judge kavanaugh's confirmation hearing and after a thorough and the review of his nomination i am confident that judge kavanaugh would be an excellent addition to the nation's highest court. >> watch day one of the senate confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh live, tuesday, september 4 on c-span3. watch anytime on www.c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. senator then sasse spoke on the floor in support of attorney general jeff sessions. he warned the attorney general should not be fired by president trump.

on that obligation, judge kavanaugh failed spectacularly. he would not give me any reassurance that he believed roe or casey were correctly decided or should be left alone. and we explicitly discussed the litmus test. i asked him if he met with the president, as i said, did he make an attempt to disabuse the president of the notion he would overturn these cases and he referred -- and refused to overturn -- and he refused to answer. i repeatedly asked them to reassure me that he believes the if care act is constitutional. he refused to do so. rights,reproductive it's not good enough for this justice to say, this potential just as, hope he doesn't get there, but this judge to say well, he will follow existing law. because that changes all the time. the president promised the american people he would only appoint justices who were hostile to the affordable care act. in our meeting, judge kavanaugh did not convince me that his beliefs on the aca were any different than what the president articulated. power,issue of executive on which judge kavan

shouldn't we demand the same of judge brett kavanaugh? he is no different than they are on that -- on the issue of what he had to say. we ought to find out what it is and then mike up your mind. vote for him or vote against it. but, mr. president, i'm pretty sure that if we had gotten the right answers on then-mr. bybee, he never would have become judge bybee. i don't find many senators of either party who will stand up here and defend and say it was great that we broke the law on torture for dubious reasons. mr. president, i was going to suggest the absence of a quorum, but i see my friend from missouri on the floor, so i would just yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. blunt: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. blunt: mr. president, today the senate overwhelmingly supported the conference report for the 2019 john s. mccain national defense authorization act. that report is now on the way, that bill is now on the way to the president's desk. and, mr. president, many americ

when judge kavanaugh becomes just as kavanaugh, it's possible he will be serving on the supreme court when my children have grandchildren. that is why i am in this fight. that's why all of us understand how important this issue and president trump legacy and majority leader mcconnell and chairman grassley, their legacy on judges is going to be felt for our children and our children's children. there is nothing bigger. a president term might be for years, but a supreme court member could be on there for 40. topic, mario. i know you will appreciate us. i want to talk about antonin scalia for just a minute, because in so many ways, his impact is still being felt. there is no area where it is being more felt than on the idea of original is unbecoming not just sort of ideas that are narrowly prescribed, but by jurists, broadly accepted that this is the way judges should be doing their jobs. talk about his legacy. >> it is an amazing thing we have seen during his lifetime, that this idea, this philosophy of addressing judicial opinions ideafrom being kind of an in the corner to being the ce

you will find it by reading judge kavanaugh's actual opinions as a federal judge. of course, democrats know this. but like a kid pro crass nighting -- procrastinating his homework, playing video games and microwaving bagel bites, they are looking for any distraction to analyzing judge kavanaugh's judicial record. that's because democrats know what they'll find when they do, a nominee who is indeputyably qualified for -- indisputably qualified for the supreme court. when my friends on the other side of the aisle decide they are done procrastinating and want to look at his record on sprailings of -- separation of powers issue, i would put them in judge kavanaugh's opinions on three cases i highlighted here on the senate floor earlier this month, preenterprise fund, loving versus internal revenue service, and p.h.h. corporation versus pfpb. once you have gone through judge kavanaugh's highly regarded opinions and sterling record and concluded, like i have, that is eminently qualified and possesses the judicial temperament and ability to be a justice on the united stat

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because kavanaugh's nomination was so controversial. kavanaugh denies floel detainee policies. it turns out that may not have been true. about a year after brett kavanaugh was confirmed to a federal appeals court, the "washington post" and npr reported that brett kavanaugh had been personally involved in at least one. it was part of what he dealt with when he worked in the george w. bush white house. now, this has a whole bunch of consequences. number one, had brett kavanaugh admitted in his confirmation hearings that he had taken part in white house policy discussions about enemy combatants and so-called detainee issues in 9/11, it is quite possible had he admit that, he would have had to remove himself from the issues. that's the court that has exclusive jurisdiction for cases under the detainee treatment act and the military commissions act. in fact, once he was confirmed and he landed on that court, the very first case tried before brett kavanaugh as a d.c. court judge was a case about detainees at guantanamo. the lawyers who represented them at guantanamo told npr that had

be justice brett kavanaugh.ell the story. we need you to get out and do it. [applause] all of the leaders in this room, the respective command in your communities, go out and tell the stories of this man who will be an extraordinary justice for the supreme court of the united states. so i will close by saying thank you. thank you for the work you have done to support this administration, past, present, and future. your support has made it possible to deliver on roms is, , that growingises economy, strengthening american security, everything we've been able to do has been because because of your support and the strength of your support. i want to challenge you that right after we get him confirm -- confirmed to the supreme court of the united states, i don't know if you have noticed that we have elections coming up in and i want everyone in the november rnla, i want to do everything in your power to reelect republican majorities through the united states senate and the house of representatives. we have to get out

all the more reason that we need to know kavanaugh's record on these things, because kavanaugh has said so many negative things about limiting presidential power and holding presidents accountable. so it matters what brett kavanaugh thinks about this, because this case may come to the supreme court relatively soon. before we elevate someone to the supreme court, we may have to rule on the issue of presidential subpoenas. the senate and the american people deserve to know what the nominee thinks. so we have unprecedented and historic obstruction by senate republicans. they used to demand transparency. we gave it to them. the issue is not how many documents, it's the percentage. we gave them all of kagan's documents. we gave them all of sotomayor's documents. they are giving us about 7% of kavanaugh's documents. the question that looms, what's in the 93% that they don't want to show us? that is what's happening here. so because republicans have chosen obfuscation over transparency, democrats on the judiciary committee led by senator blumenthal issued a foia request to the national archive

she said democrats should quit attacking kavanaugh full stop, close quote. she said their behavior is unbecoming, and i don't disagree with her. we know many on the other side are not particularly interested in the nominee's qualifications, as i said for some, the fact that president trump nominated judge kavanaugh is all they need to know. they are opposed to anybody and everybody that this president might nominate. and others have now come out in opposition before they've examined these perhaps approaching a million pages of documents that will be produced. and, again, it's obvious it's not material to their decision because they've already announced their opposition. they don't even want to wait until the hearing where the judge will be questioned and provide answers to the committee's questions. well, we know that there's not much to attack when it comes to the judge's long judicial record of object activity and fairness on the d.c. circuit, and so they are trying to dig through other people's e-mails and conduct a government taxpayer funded fishing expe

kavanaugh. and before him to be a member of the supreme court. my colleagues understand this. i think my colleagues on both sides of the floor understand this. and this is a man who has been very well examined for these positions. he is already sitting on the second most powerful court in the land. if anybody deserves to be on the supreme court, brett kavanaugh certainly done. i want to compliment senator grassley and the other members of this committee for being as strongly behind him as they are. i want to really compliment the democrats who have stood up and are willing to stand up for judge kavanaugh because they realize that we cannot keep going down this partisan, picky, dumbass rolse that has been going on -- role that has been going on. we did not treat their candidates for these positions the way they are treating hours, and i would like to the us breakthrough and change that attitude with regard to judge .avanagh's confirmation i am grateful to stand here with my colleagues. these are

[applause] >> thank you, judge kavanaugh. i is so nice to be sworn in the person that was the first and best model of what a judge should be. i hope i can frame my comments today by looking at previous events where he has been there for me. in the supreme court of georgia, judge kavanaugh introduced me. the constitution is a cherished document that protects liberties through its recognition of rights. at my senate confirmation hearing, with judge kavanaugh seated behind me, i learned that judges could disagree without being disagreeable. it is our duty to separate the law from our own policy preferences. this, i will strive 's live up to judge kavanaugh example of stability and commitment to the rule of law. he has been a force of stability and a defender of liberty for the american people. thank you, judge kavanaugh, for these ideals. as i take on the honor of serving on the 11th circuit, i also want to thank others. thank you to my parents, who stand with me today. you instilled in me the love of country that has been my be

first david savage on the judge kavanaugh nomination. wrote justiceu kennedy's opinion had affirmed the right to an abortion "probably for all time." how does that statement hold up today? 1982,t i remember about when they decided the case in late june, it was the most surprising decision i had seen in the 30 years i was doing it. i remember sitting and talking to justice scalia, and he was steamed up about what happened. remember i was trying to explain to the editors, this was not just another abortion decision, this was an earthquake. there is now a majority that upholds the right to abortion, and it is not going to change anytime soon. that was scalia's view as well. that was the phone where -- the fall where bill clinton was elected. you are not going to have more pro-life justices appointed. but -- [laughter] road, noars down the things are about to change. >> with brett kavanaugh. >> correct. if brett kavanaugh is confirmed this fall, we will have about five justices who think roe is wrong, believe abortion is immoral, and the que

so it really matters what brett kavanaugh thinks about this. before we elevate someone to the supreme court who may have to rule on the issue of presidential subpoenas, don't the senate and american people deserve to know what the nominee thinks? this is just one of many reasons why the senate and the public must be able to review the nominee's full record. there must be a reason republicans are so intent on hiding this nominee's record and rushing through his confirmation. what are they hiding? what are they hiding? what are they afraid of? i think they realize that if the american people knew exactly how judge kavanaugh felt before he became a judge, they might not want him to be there. republicans demanded all of elena kagan posts documents and democrats agreed to request them. again we have this hair-splitting argument by the chairman of the judiciary committee. he says we're giving more documents before -- it's the percentage of documents that matter. are you seeing the whole record or only part of the record? some people have bigger recor

so anyone who supports judge kavanaugh, your complicit. with evil. [laughter] some other liberal senator said, this is from senator richard blumenthal in connecticut, judge kavanaugh is your worst nightmare. elizabeth warren says, judge kavanaugh nomination is a threat to people of color, women, workers the lgbtq community and people in poverty. oh and with two of my other favorites, kamala harris says we are looking at the destruction of the constitution of the united states. [laughter] finally jeff merkley said this is the nominee that wants to pave the path to tyranny. [laughter] this never ends from the left but they are particularly hysterical because they don't have a record they believe they can fight. they're acting as if the previous 12 years do not even exist in terms of judge kavanaugh 's record. a sterling record on the second highest court in the land. and they are really focused on one thing and that is, all the documents before that from his years in the bush white house. and we want to focus on a giant fishing expedition, maybe try to

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kavanaugh said and did during those years? there is a time when republicans thought it was essential when it came to a nominee named elena kagan. she had never served on the supreme court or federal judiciary. she was nominated by president obama. jeff sessions of alabama insisted on full documentation of her role in the white house. and, the democrat in the committee joined him in making that request. 170,000 documents were produced because of senator sessions and patrik laine his request. a bipartisan request rated established a standard. the same standard applied to the next democratic nominee. they had to carefully review before that person would serve in a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land? most assumed that point it was a practice in on the committee when it came to the documented proof we would ask for when nominees can be force for the supreme court. we thought that, but we were wrong. when republicans took control, everything changed. it changed with anson scalia's untimely death and vacancy. presi

judge kavanaugh: good afternoon. welcome to the united states courthouse. today i have a high honor of administering the oath of office to britt grant. britt grant was a law clerk for me on the u.s. court of appeals in the d.c. circuit, along with all ofmazing co-clerks, whom are here today. since her time in this courthouse, britt grant has risen quickly through the ranks of the legal profession, as solicitor general of georgia, as a justice on the georgia supreme court at age 38, and now at age 40, as a judge on the u.s. court of appeals for the 11th circuit. in our constitutional system, a judge must be independent, must keep an open mind in every case, and must decide cases based on the fact and the law, not based on personal or policy views. britt grant understands the role of a judge, she reveres the constitution, and she will work every day to preserve the american rule of law. just as importantly, she is an exceptionally good and decent person. britt grant is the neighbor you want next door, the loyal friend you want as you travel through the valley

into -- --i ran into mic, and he spent a half-hour telling me why judge kavanaugh should be just as kavanaugh. we need you to get out and do it. all of the leaders in this room, the respective command in your communities, go out and tell the will beof this man who an extraordinary justice for the supreme court of the united states. so i will close by saying thank you. thank you for the work you have done to support this administration, past, present, and future. your support has made them -- has made it possible to deliver -- it is alsos, that growing economy, strengthening american security, everything we've been able to do is been able to do because of your support and the strength of your support. right after we get him confirm to the supreme court of the united states, i don't know if you notice but we have elections coming up in november and i want everyone in the our nla --rnla, i want to do everything in your power to reelect republicans. we have to get out. we have to tell the story. the truth is, we need renewed energy. we need your other on the confirmation of judge kavanaugh, after