each civil rights crime, each victim of that era deserves as much attention and effort as carol roberson, denise mcnair, addie may collins, the young girls who lost their lives that sunday morning in 1963. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: i ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: i come up to the floor today to discuss my strong opposition to the nomination of judge kavanaugh for a lifetime appointment on the united states supreme court. mr. president, there are few issues i take more seriously sasse a senator than my duty to consider and vote on supreme court nominees. it was watching the clarence thomas hearings and seeing how my voice and the voices of people like me all across the country were not being heard that got me to run for the senate in the first place. and i believe it is one of the most important jobs we have on behalf of our constituents. mr. president, my time in the senate, i've had the opportunity to