the two best john roberts, paul clement and mahoney. in terms of standing up there presenting from the private bar. the government has some unbelievable lawyers. there are two deputies solicitor generals, michael who does the criminal justice for the government and blows you away. you just learn so much from being around them. >> is there more interruptions today than there was 20 years ago? >> i can't even measure it. every single justice joined the supreme court ask more questions than the one for them for decades now. it's reached sustainable proportions. the justices all recognize that but don't have a way. political science call it collective action problem. they can't agree on way of dialing it back. justice thomas spoken it's one of the reasons it doesn't ask questions. our job is to go up there and answer their questions as best we can. but they -- when you're getting asked four questions a minute, it's hard to tell something coherent. >> did hear you say, something i was listening to that the rnc impacted the way the court rele

by conservative legal i will unanimous nightmaries such -- i will unanimous nightmaries such as paul clement note that mr. srinivasan is one of the best appellate lawyers in the country. they comment further in the letter he has an unsurpassed work ethic and he is extremely well prepared to take on the intellectual rigors of serving as a judge in the d.c. circuit. my point then, madam president, a simple one is this -- sri is a capable, in fact a highly accomplished attorney with the character and the demeanor to serve admirably on this bench which has sat without a nominee from the obama administration for the entire time that our current president has served. sri srinivasan has earned bipartisan support. now today let's gym h.i.v. the bipartisan vote. thank you, and with that, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. coons: i ask the proceedings under the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coons: madam president, i ask that any time during quorum calls leadi