Sen. Hatch Issues Statement at Hearing on Nomination of Blahous, Reischauer
"We are here today to once again process two of
"For those who might be confused, let me clarify a few things:
"Yes, the
"And, no, there haven't been any new revelations about the nominees or the positions they've been selected to fill.
"We're here today because some of my friends on the other side have opted to utilize some relatively arcane
"Now, let me be clear: I don't begrudge any Senator taking advantage of the rights afforded to them under the rules of the
"All of this demonstrates that t he opposition to these nominations -
"First, they claimed that, as a sitting member of the Social Security
"This claim was made on a number of fronts, including an op - ed written by the senior Senator from
"Put simply, these allegations of undue influence on the part of
"Even the
"The second prong of the attack on
"I'm not overselling my friends' conspiratorial rhetoric here. The article drafted by the Democratic Senators that I referenced earlier was actually titled: "The Koch Brothers Are Trying to Handpick Government Officials. We Have to Stop Them."
"I'm not going to spend much time refuting this particular attack, because, quite frankly, it is absurd on its face. Rather than venture down rabbit hole of debating the funding of particular academic organizations and think tanks, keeping in mind that there are billionaires on the left who also donate funds to these types of entities , I'll simply note that this is a clear ad hominem attack that implies guilt by association without any serious effort to refute anything
"While I disagree with this position, I'm willing to have that debate over the need for fresh perspective on these matters. I will, however, point out that, to my knowledge, no one making this particular argument has introduced legislation to require what some argue are the sorely needed "fresh eyes." Still, if we're going to have that debate, we should also include positions like the
"The final prong of attack against
"This is, of course, a blatant effort to chill the public debate over
"This, too, is absurd, like all of the other lines of attack used against these nominees.
I'm going to be blunt: So far, the debate in the
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