Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings, Washington DC, America - 1991
United States Senator Joe Biden (Democrat of Delaware), Chairman, US Senate Judiciary Committee, makes his opening statement during the hearing to confirm Judge Clarence Thomas as Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court in the US Senate Caucus Room in Washington, DC on September 10, 1991. Thomas was nominated for the position by US President George H.W. Bush to replace retiring Justice Thurgood Marshall.