English: Tuesday, March 28, 2017

WASHINGTON— U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) today met with Judge Neil Gorsuch, nominee to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Inhofe released the following statement.

“Judge Gorsuch is a smart, diligent and thoughtful jurist. I am impressed by his remarkable commitment to the Constitution and the separation of power our founders envisioned. Oklahoma is within the jurisdiction of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, on which Judge Gorsuch sits, and I have seen his judicial philosophy first hand. In Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, he wrote a concurring opinion in favor of the Oklahoma company’s position, and upholding our First Amendment right to religious freedom. Judge Gorsuch is a qualified mainstream jurist who is well respected by conservatives and liberals alike and I urge Senate Democrats to allow and up or down vote on Gorsuch. I look forward to confirming him to the bench.”