THIS CONCLUDES OUR ROUNDS OF QUESTIONING. BEFORE WE RECESS, A FEW OBSERVATIONS. JUDGE JACKSON, YOU ARE EXTRAORDINARY. YOUR STORY IS A GREAT AMERICAN STORY. I THINK WE HAVE ALL BENEFITED BY GETTING TO KNOW YOU BETTER DURING THE LAST TWO DAYS. YOU ARE EXCEPTIONALLY QUALIFIED FOR THIS POSITION. I WON'T READ THROUGH YOUR RESUME, IT HAS BEEN READ MANY TIMES. THERE IS NOBODY IN THE ROOM GREW DURING TWO DAYS QUESTION YOUR QUALIFICATIONS. THERE HAVE BEEN DISSENTERS. MY COLLEAGUES PROMISED A FAIR AND RESPECTFUL HEALING. THAT HEARING. MOST INCLUDING MY COLLEAGUE SENATOR GRASSLEY FOLLOWED THAT. HE ALWAYS DOES. THERE WERE A FEW GLARING EXCEPTIONS AND I AM SORRY FOR THAT. YOUR PATIENCE, DIGNITY AND GRACE IN THE FACE OF WHAT WAS FRANKLY, SOME OFFENSIVE TREATMENT, IS -- TO YOUR TEMPERAMENT. TO YOUR MOM AND DAD AND YOUR LAWYER BROTHER, I THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US IN BEING PART OF THIS HISTORICAL OCCASION. DR. PATRICK, I DON'T KNOW IF SURGERY IS ANY EASIER THAN THIS -- [LAUGHTER] I WANT TO SAY A WORD TO LAYLA AND DAHLIA, YOU'VE GOT A GREAT MOM. YOU REALLY DO. BUT SHE HAS BEEN THROUGH IN THE LAST COUPLE DAYS MOST PEOPLE WOULD NOT CONSIDER GOING THROUGH ONE MINUTE. SHE IS STRONG, CARRYING, KIND AND YOU ARE LUCKY TO HAVE HER. WE ARE GOING TO BE LUCKY TO HAVE HER ON THE SUPREME COURT. WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO DO. I COULD GO THROUGH THE LIST OF ALL THE INVITEES THAT HAVE BEEN FILING IN AND OUT OF THE ROOM BEHIND YOU, WANTING TO BE HERE FOR A MOMENT TO SHARE THIS HISTORY WITH YOU. I WILL LET YOU IN ON SOMETHING YOU MAY KNOW, TOMORROW WE ARE GOING TO ANNOUNCE TO HAVE BEEN RATED UNANIMOUSLY WELL-QUALIFIED BY THE AMERICAN BAR SIT -- BAR ASSOCIATION. WE ARE GOING TO CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC PART OF THIS HEARING AND CONVENE FOR A CLOSED SESSION FOR DISCUSSING BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS, WHICH WILL ONLY TAKE A MINUTE. I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS WITH SENATOR GRASSLEY, THE COMMITTEE WILL MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THIS SUNDAY, MARCH THE 28TH, 3:00 P.M. WITH THAT, THE COMMITTEE STANDS IN RECESS. THE MEETING IS RIGHT NOW. [APPLAUSE] [INDISCERNIBLE CHATTING] ...