United States Senator Jeff Flake (Republican of Arizona) makes a statement to the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary prior to a vote on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court to replace the retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Friday, September 28, 2018.  If the committee votes in favor of Judge Kavanaugh then it goes to the full US Senate for a final vote.  Flake voted to send the nomination to the US Senate floor but asked that the final vote be delayed pending an FBI check on the incident between Dr. Ford and Judge Kavanaugh when they were in high school.<br /> Credit: Ron Sachs / CNP<br /> (RESTRICTION: NO New York or New Jersey Newspapers or newspapers within a 75 mile radius of New York City)