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Joe Biden: As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee he ran the 1991 confirmation hearings for Clarence Thomas. His handling of Anita Hill's sexual-harassment allegations, including the decision not to call other corroborating witnesses, was criticized at the time and afterward, and he later telephoned Hill to express regret.
Action · October 11, 1991
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- As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee he ran the 1991 confirmation hearings for Clarence Thomas. His handling of Anita Hill's sexual-harassment allegations, including the decision not to call other corroborating witnesses, was criticized at the time and afterward, and he later telephoned Hill to express regret.
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