Senate Democrats on Wednesday decried holding a confirmation hearing for a federal appeals court nominee close to Mitch McConnell amid the coronavirus pandemic – the Judiciary Committee's first hearing since lawmakers returned to Washington this week.
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Judge Justin Walker wears a protective face mask as he sits in a sparsely attended hearing room due to social distancing measures because of the COVID-19 outbreak, during a hearing on his nomination to be a U.S. Circuit Court judge for the District of Columbia Circuit on Capitol Hill, May 6, 2020, in Washington.
“I feel the committee has a lot to do related to the coronavirus and we will, but we also have a lot to do to fulfill vacancies on the courts,” Graham said. “It’s indefensible that we’re here to confirm someone who would dismantle the health care law that is saving millions of lives,’’ said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.
Sen. John Kennedy, right, speaks to a staffer during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on the nomination of Judge Justin Walker to be a U.S. Circuit Court judge for the District of Columbia Circuit on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 6, 2020. Concerns about coronavirus permeated the nearly three-hour hearing Wednesday. Many Democrats participated via video conference, and those lawmakers who were present were socially-distanced in a larger hearing room at tables set up in a giant circle for maximum space. Some wore masks.
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