SENATOR OSSOFF, MY STATEMENT DOESN'T QUITE FIT IN WITH WHAT YOU ASKED BUT I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO SAY IT ANYWAY BECAUSE OF THE CONFLICT THAT HAPPENED LATE LAST NIGHT. BUT BEFORE I DO, I WANT TO SOMEWHAT TONGUE-IN-CHEEK BUT WITH SOME SERIOUSNESS AS WELL WHEN CHAIRMAN QUOTED BIDEN AS SAYING JUDGE JACKSON HANDLED HERSELF WITH GRACE AND DIGNITY, I WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE DEMOCRATS ON THIS COMMITTEE FOR USING GRACE AND DIGNITY UNLIKE IT WAS DURING THE CALF NAJERA HEARINGS. -- THE KAVANAUGH HEARINGS, I WOULD COMPLIMENTS THAT'S THE WAY A HEARING SHOULD BE HELD AND I WANT TO RAISE THE QUESTION ABOUT RECORDS. THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT DATA RELATED TO U.S. PROBATION OFFICER RECOMMENDATIONS, THE WHITE HOUSE AND MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE USED THAT INFORMATION TO ATTEMPT TO DISCREDIT INFORMATION RAISED BY SENATOR HOLLY AND OTHERS ABOUT THE NOMINEE'S SENTENCING RECORD AS A DISTRICT JUDGE. NO ONE ON OUR SIDE OF THE AISLE HAD ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. IN FACT BEFORE THIS PAST WEEK I'M NOT SURE ANYONE BUT THE PROBATION OFFICE AND THE COURT HAD ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE PROBATION OFFICE RECOMMENDATIONS AREN'T PART OF ANY PUBLIC RECORD. THE SPECIFIC SENTENCING RECOMMENDATIONS AREN'T ALWAYS SHARED WITH PROSECUTORS OR DEFENDANTS. SOMEHOW IT APPEARS THE WHITE HOUSE OBTAINED THIS INFORMATION AND LEAKED IN PIECES TO MEDIA ACCESS IN ORDER TO CAST OUT ON LEGITIMATE MEMBERS' QUESTIONS AND THEN PROVIDED TO ONLY DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE WITHOUT ANY OF THE UNDERLYING DOCUMENTATION. I'D LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO THE LETTERS THAT ARE REQUESTING AT LEAST, WHILE THIS IS SENATOR LEE'S LETTER, REQUEST AT LEAST THE PROBATION OFFICE RECOMMENDATIONS SO WE CAN BE SURE OF THE DATA HANDED OUT BY DEMOCRATIC STAFF LAST NIGHT. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD MY NAME AND HAVE ADDED MY NAME TO ANOTHER SENATOR'S DATA THAT MAY BE SHARED ON OUR COLLEAGUE'S SIDE. ONE LAST THING TO SUGGEST THAT ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS ASK FOR INFORMATION DOESN'T PASSIMETER, YOU CAN'T ASK FOR INFORMATION YOU DON'T KNOW EXIST AND ASKED FOR RECORDS RELATED TO THE JUDGE'S TENURE ON THE SENTENCING COMMISSION. THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN PRODUCED JUST LIKE 48,000 PAGES OF RECORDS WITHHELD BY THE WHITE HOUSE. HOW IS THE UNITED STATES SENATE SUPPOSED TO REVIEW A RECORD THAT WE DON'T HAVE? THIS PROCESS MIGHT BE TIMELY BUT IT'S NEITHER THOROUGH NOR FAIR TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC AND HOPE WE CAN RECTIFY THAT. I YIELD. ...