Anita Hill said former Vice President Joe Biden s recent apology for his handling of her 1991 Senate testimony against then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas is not enough to make up for his failure at the time to show leadership on this issue on behalf of womens equality.

He said, I am sorry if she felt she didnt get a fair hearing. Thats sort of an Im sorry if you were offended, Hill said in a wide-ranging Washington Post interview published Wednesday in which she also compared her time in the spotlight with unfairness that remains for women facing workplace sexual harassment.

Biden, who chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing considering Thomas Supreme Court nomination, was asked on Nov. 13 about his widely criticized handling of Hills testimony that Thomas had sexually harassed her when they worked together.

Hills testimony led to attacks on her credibility. Thomas, meanwhile, was narrowly confirmed to the high court.

Lets get something straight here: I believed Anita Hill. I voted against Clarence Thomas, Biden said. He added: I am so sorry that she had to go through what she went through.

The only issue in the Anita Hill case was whether or not there could be information submitted in a record without a name attached to it, anonymously accusing someone of something, he continued, referring to criticisms that other women were not permitted to testify against Thomas.