{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-statement-judiciary-committee-executive-business-meeting-judicial", "Grassley Statement at Judiciary Committee Executive Business Meeting on Judicial Nominations", "2017-11-30", "2017", "2017-11", "Republican", "House", "IA", "Charles Grassley", "G000386", "www.grassley.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Prepared Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee Executive Business Meeting November 30, 2017 \u00a0 Good morning. Last night, Senator Feinstein told me that her Members had a meeting that would last until 10:30, so I moved today\u2019s markup half an hour back. Because of the accommodation, I\u2019d ask that after opening statements by the Ranking Member and me, and after we have the necessary number of Members here to vote, we do so. Then, we\u2019ll continue with any other Member statements. \u00a0 Today, we have a number of nominees on today\u2019s agenda for the first time and the Minority has requested that they be held over. They are: \u00a0 James Ho, 5th CircuitDon Willett, 5th CircuitClaria Boom, Eastern and Western Districts of KentuckyJohn Broomes, District of KansasRebecca Jennings, Western District of KentuckyRobert Wier, Eastern District of Kentucky \u00a0 Mr. Grasz\u2019s nomination to the 8th Circuit is on today\u2019s agenda. The Minority requested that he be held over last week. Typically, Members are allowed to hold over a nominee for one week and then the Committee will vote on the nominee the following week. \u00a0 But Senator Feinstein has requested that he be held over again this week because she indicated she wants to consider some information she received about Mr. Grasz\u2019s ABA rating on Tuesday. I believe she\u2019ll be writing a follow-up letter to get this situation fully resolved. \u00a0 I\u2019m willing to accommodate Senator Feinstein\u2019s request this week and will hold Mr. Grasz\u2019s nomination for one more week. \u00a0 The follow-up materials we received from Mr. Grasz this week appear to indicate that the ABA relied on faulty information in their evaluation of him. I believe the Committee should be able to resolve this issue in the next week. \u00a0 This is a special accommodation that I\u2019ll make. But this is a rare exception to our standard practice. \u00a0 And, I\u2019ll just say to you, Senator Feinstein, the letter you sent to me asking that Mr. Grasz be held another week indicates to me that you\u2019re looking into his record and that you haven\u2019t yet decided how you\u2019re going to vote. Of course, if you already knew how you were going to vote, this seems to be a meaningless endeavor. But I\u2019m glad for the nominee to be able to have an opportunity to clarify the record and to clear up his reputation on the issue. \u00a0 I\u2019ll now turn to Senator Feinstein for her remarks. \u00a0 -30-", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-statement-judiciary-committee-executive-business-meeting-judicial"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.1857768297195435, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}