WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON - During today's Senate Judiciary Committee nominations hearing, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, delivered an opening statement scrutinizing Todd Blanche's record ahead of his nomination hearing to serve as Attorney General, as well as commenting on the longstanding blue slip practice.
In response to Republicans' shortsighted criticism about Democrats' use of the blue slip, Durbin corrected the record by explaining that Democrats have used the blue slip to work across the aisle during both Trump Administrations. During the first Trump Administration, Senate Democrats returned 130 blue sli...