Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., predicted Monday that a decision to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in the face of sexual assault allegations would be a stain on the Republican Party for years to come.

“In the face of multiple allegations against Judge Kavanaugh, the FBI should reopen the background check investigation and we should conduct a hearing where the appropriate witnesses are called in respect given to both the accuser and the accused,” Schumer said on the Senate floor. “Anything less will be viewed by the American people and, I believe, judged by history as a stain on Republicans in the Senate and a stain on the integrity on the majesty of the Supreme Court.”