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Opinion Mitch McConnell: I’m proud of our vote to confirm Justice Brett Kavanaugh

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October 17, 2018 at 8:24 a.m. EDT
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) speaks on the Senate floor about her vote to confirm Brett M. Kananaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court on Oct. 5. (Senate TV/AP)

Mitch McConnell, a Republican, represents Kentucky in the Senate and is majority leader.

Oct. 6, 2018, was a proud day for the U.S. Senate. We fulfilled one of our most critical constitutional duties and confirmed Brett M. Kavanaugh, a stunning legal mind and an exemplary federal judge, as the newest associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.