Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) sparred with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) during a heated spat on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
Both senators were taking part in the third day of <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/im-not-a-biologist-supreme-court-nominee-says-she-cant-define-the-word-woman/">confirmation hearings</a> for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, and things got contentious when Durbin — who Cruz said had taken up some of his time with interruptions — attempted to move on before Cruz got an answer from Judge Jackson to a question about the sentence she imposed in a <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/wouldnt-you-want-to-deter-people-lindsey-graham-grills-ketanji-brown-jackson-on-child-porn-cases/">child pornography case</a>.
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Cruz was just nearing the end of his scheduled time — and Durbin moved to cut him off — but the Texas Senator objected, claiming that Durbin had already taken up some of his time with interruptions.
&#8220;You&#8217;ve been given extra time. You usually ask for it, you’re given it,&#8221; Durbin pushed back.
&#8220;Okay, I know you want to interrupt. I know you don’t like this line of questions —&#8221; Cruz continued.
&#8220;I just want you to play by the rules,&#8221; Durbin said.
&#8220;I know you like to interrupt, but you&#8217;ve consumed a substantial question — time of my questioning,&#8221; Cruz continued. &#8220;I’m going to ask my questions and you can, if you want to testify, you’re welcome to.&#8221;
Cruz then turned back to Judge Jackson, laying out some of the details of a specific child pornography case in which Jackson had imposed the sentence.
&#8220;In the Stewart case, you said from the bench, &#8216;Thus, although this is not necessarily an atypical case, your child pornography possession crime was egregious in the court’s view,'&#8221; Cruz quoted, adding, &#8220;Okay, so this is a bad one. If you’re actually sentencing defendants, you said this was egregious. What did you sentence Stewart for? The guidelines said 97-121 months. Prosecutors said 97 months. You said, &#8216;It’s egregious,&#8217; 6,700 images, and you come in at 57 months.&#8221;
Durbin interrupted again, saying that Cruz was over his allotted time and turning to recognize Senator Chris Coons (D-DE).
Cruz continued to talk over Durbin, saying that he&#8217;d take an answer from Jackson on any of the cases he&#8217;d asked about, he has just held up that specific one as an example.
&#8220;You’re not recognized, Senator,&#8221; Durbin said.
&#8220;Do you not want her to answer that question?&#8221; Cruz asked Durbin.
&#8220;You wouldn’t allow her anyway,&#8221; Durbin grumbled.
&#8220;Mr. Chairman, she may answer the question. I’ve asked her why she sentenced Stewart, an egregious —&#8221;
&#8220;Senator, you&#8217;re over time by two minutes,&#8221; Durbin interrupted again.
&#8220;Because you&#8217;ve interrupted me for two minutes,&#8221; Cruz replied. &#8220;Mister Chairman, will you allow her to answer the question, or do you not want the American people to hear why, with someone she described as an &#8216;egregious&#8217; —&#8221;
&#8220;There comes a point, Senator, where you get a little bit —&#8221; Durbin interrupted.
&#8220;Chairman Durbin, will you allow her to answer the question?&#8221; Cruz asked again.
&#8220;You won’t allow her to answer the question,&#8221; Durbin objected.
The two continued to talk over each other, and Durbin once again attempted to recognize Senator Coons.
&#8220;Why are you not allowing her to answer the question? There&#8217;s not another Senator here that you&#8217;ve not allowed her to answer the question,&#8221; Cruz pressed again. 
&#8220;You&#8217;re finished,&#8221; Durbin declared, as Cruz continued to protest that he was not trying to ask another question, only to get an answer to the question he had already asked. &#8220;Why do you not want the American people to know what happened in the Stewart case? Or any of these cases? I&#8217;ve never seen the chairman refuse to allow a witness to answer a question.&#8221;
Durbin grabbed his gavel then, and banged it forcefully on the desk several times, prompting Cruz to respond, &#8220;You can bang it as loud as you want.&#8221;
Durbin told Cruz that he had to follow the rules, and after another brief back-and-forth between the two, he once again turned to recognize Senator Coons.
&#8220;So no, you don’t want her to answer the question,&#8221; Cruz concluded.

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