Judicial Committee session stopped by Republicans

Senator Leahy just announced that the hearing would need to be frozen while Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) was reading a statement.

Sen Grassley: "Does that apply to Republicans?" Grassley asked.

Sen Leahy: "It's the Republicans who want it to stop,"

And Raw Story reports the reason:

A live broadcast on MSNBC explained that Senate rules state that hearings
can only occur for a certain number of hours before they must be concluded so
that Members will pay attention to activities on the Senate floor.

Leahy: We will stand — we will not adjourn, we will stay in recess until the Senate recesses. We will come back, and Sen. Grassley, if he wishes to be heard further, will be the first one to be heard.

More as we hear.

Update: From Rawy Story

But the cause of the delay was not clear. A spokeswoman for Senator Arlen Specter, Ranking Republican on the Committee, said the hearing would resume.

"It seems that there was confusion as to why and if there was a hold as it came from the cloakrooms," wrote Courtney Boone, Specter's spokeswoman to RAW STORY. "It will be resuming shortly."

A live broadcast on MSNBC explained that Senate rules state that hearings can only occur for a certain number of hours before they must be concluded so that Members will pay attention to activities on the Senate floor.

"Whatever objection there was on the Republican side has been withdrawn," Senator Leahy then explained around 2:37 PM. "I've been here 33 years and I've never seen it happen before," he added, referring to the rules objection.
He added that the hearings cannot be stopped, and he'd hold them on nights and weekends if he needed to.