Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says President Donald Trump has made an "outstanding decision" in nominating U.S. Appeals Court Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.
In a statement, McConnell says Gorsuch has "a long record of faithfully applying the law and the Constitution" and notes that he was confirmed by voice vote in the Senate in 2006.
He is urging Democrats not to block the nomination.
McConnell says, "I hope Members of the Senate will again show him fair consideration and respect the result of the recent election with an up-or-down vote on his nomination, just like the Senate treated the four first-term nominees of Presidents Clinton and Obama."
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