I KNOW WE'VE WALKED THROUGH JUST A FEW CASES TODAY NOW. SOME WAYS WE'VE ONLY SCRATCHED THE SURFACE OF YOUR DECADE OF MORE THAN 570 OPINIONS YOU'VE WRITTEN. BUT IT'S CLEAR TO ME FROM WHAT I'VE REVIEWED AND FROM JUST THIS SAMPLE THAT AS WE ALSO HEARD FROM COLLEAGUES, FROM CONSERVATIVE LAWYERS, FROM JUDGES WHO WROTE TO THE COMMITTEE, THAT YOU ARE JUDICIOUS AND EVEN-HANDED. THAT YOU HAVE A DEMONSTRATED RECORD OF EXCELLENCE. THAT YOU ADJUDICATE BASED ON THE FACTS AND THE LAW AND NOT AS AN ADVOCATE, ACTIVIST OR PARTISAN. AND I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES WHO WANT KNOW WHAT KIND OF JUSTICE YOU'LL BE, TO TAKE A FAIR AND EVEN-HANDED LOOK AT YOUR RECORD, AT YOUR PARTIALITY. AND AT YOUR METHODOLOGY. YOUR EXPERIENCE IS EXTENSIVE AND BROAD. YOUR COMMITMENT TO FOLLOW THE LAW IMPARTIALLY WITHOUT THE INFLUENCE OF POLITICS IS EVIDENT IN YOUR RECORD. YOUR KEAN LEGAL MIND, JUDICIAL TEMPERAMENT, IMPECCABLE CHARACTER ARE PLAIN TO ALL. AS JUDGE GRIFFITH TOLD THIS COMMITTEE IN A REVIEW OF YOUR RECORD MAKES CLEAR, YOU'VE DEMONSTRATED THAT THE WAY YOU APPROACH CASES IS BASED ON THE LAW AND NOT ON SOME POLITICAL AGENDA. YOU UNDERSTAND THE REASON WHY THE ROBES OF OUR FEDERAL JUDGES ARE BLACK, NOT RED OR BLUE. THE AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM, AS MANY HAVE SAID, IS ROOTED IN THE IMPARTIALITY, THE INDEPENDENCE AND THE RELIABILITY OF OUR FEDERAL JUDICIARY SYSTEM. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL BULLBULWARKS OF OUR SYSTEM OF ORDERED LIBERTY. NO WONDER THAT WHEN YOU CAME BEFORE THIS BODY TO BE CONFIRMED FOR THE DISTRICT COURT AND THE CIRCUIT COURT, YOU EARNED AND RECEIVED BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. I KNOW PRESIDENT BIDEN COUNTS NOMINATING A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AMONG THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DECISIONS OF HIS PRESIDENCY AND OUR ROLE HERE IN THE SENATE IN CONFIRMING A JUSTICE TO OUR HIGHEST COURT IS AMONG OUR MOST SOLEMN OBLIGATIONS IS AND GREATEST PRIVILEGES. IN NOMINATING YOU, I BELIEVE OUR PRESIDENT HAS MET HIS MISSION AND IT WILL BE MY HONOR TO JOIN, I HOPE, THE OVERWHELM MAGAZINE JOTTER OF MY COLLEAGUES -- OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF MY COLLEAGUES IN SUPPORTING YOUR NOMINATION. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. 