“I just think it's absurd, and frankly deeply offensive to people all around this country in crisis that we're actually having a hearing on a judge that’s for a vacancy that is not even open until September,” Sen. Booker said.
WASHINGTON — The Senate’s first week back in Washington, where the number of coronavirus cases is expected to peak later in the month, included confirming two nominees who had virtually no opposition, and a hearing on Justin Walker, President Donald Trump’s controversial nominee for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
That left some senators questioning why Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called them back to Capitol Hill during such a risky time. Asked if it was safe to be in the Capitol, Republican Sen. Jim Risch of Idaho, who rarely steps out of line, plainly told NBC News “No” — hanging the decision on leadership.“I just think it's absurd, and frankly deeply offensive to people all around this country in crisis that we're actually having a hearing on a judge that’s for a vacancy that is not even open until September,” Bookertold reporters after the hearing on Walker concluded.Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.
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