Goodlatte Statement on Supreme Court Nomination

 

Washington, D.C.—House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement regarding President Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States: “The Constitution of the United States grants President Obama the authority to make a nomination to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court. Our Framers also entrusted the United States Senate with the right to consent to or reject such a nominee. Senate Majority Leader McConnell and Senate Judiciary Chairman Grassley have stated their intentions to allow the American people to have a say in this important appointment, and I support their decision. The American people should have a say in how we pick such a member of the highest court in the land.”  

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