mr. oldon and miss vitter, unfortunately, have expressed a number of sentiments that would put him on the political extreme, including troubling statements about women's health care rights. asked separately by my colleague senator blumenthal if they agreed with the decision on brown v. board of ed, both of them demurred. can you believe that? they would not say they supported brown v. board, and this is who our colleagues are nominating to put on the bench? it shouldn't be a tough question. segregation and the false paradigm of separate but equal was a national disgrace. it remains a stain on our history. it has been widely discredited from one end of america to the other. and yet the nominees for the fifth circuit and the eastern district of louisiana could not say they agreed with the idea that we as a nation should have one school system for all races. the judiciary committee will vote on mr. oldon and miss vitter's nominations on thursday. 64 years to the day since brown v. board was decide