WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts today voted to confirm the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Senate confirmed the nomination with a vote of 50-48.

“As I said when I met Judge Kavanaugh, I am confident he will uphold the values of the Constitution to the highest standard,” Roberts said. “He is not only qualified to be a Supreme Court Justice, but he will be impartial and fair while serving on the court.

“We must fight to preserve and protect the critical and fundamental American judicial principle of the presumption of innocence for all Americans, both guilty and innocent, both accused and accusers and regardless of sex, race, or economic status. If we allow this basic right to be degraded, justice will be a weapon for the powerful to satisfy the mob, and none of us will be safe or free.

“We must now move on from this terrible chapter in the history of this body. We must work in a civil and forthright way on behalf of the American people who elected us to represent them.”