Well-Qualified Nominees to Receive Prompt Senate Consideration
‘As we discussed extensively last week, the past two years have offered a record-setting display of how comprehensively a Senate minority could prevent a president from putting his team in place, extending even to thoroughly uncontroversial nominations. Fortunately, last week, we took a big step toward restoring the sort of productive nominations process that had once been the Senate’s routine. And now, it’s time to move forward together.’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding recent action taken to prevent needless obstruction on sub-cabinet level nominees and lower court judges:
“This week, the Senate will continue its work to move well-qualified nominees off of the executive calendar and give the American people the government they elected. And we’ll do it more sensibly and efficiently thanks to last week’s action to restore order to the nominations process. As we discussed extensively last week, the past two years have offered a record-setting display of how comprehensively a Senate minority could prevent a president from putting his team in place, extending even to thoroughly uncontroversial nominations.
“Fortunately, last week, we took a big step toward restoring the sort of productive nominations process that had once been the Senate’s routine. And now, it’s time to move forward together. This week, the Senate will be able to consider a number of the president’s capable nominees to positions in the executive branch and on the federal bench. We’ll begin with Daniel Domenico, named to serve as U.S. District Judge for the District of Colorado. Mr. Domenico is a graduate of Georgetown University and the University of Virginia School of Law. His well-rounded legal career includes a clerkship on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, a term as Solicitor General of Colorado, as well as work in private practice.
“I would encourage each of my colleagues to join me in supporting Mr. Domenico’s nomination. We’ll follow it with consideration of Patrick Wyrick, nominated for the Western District of Oklahoma. And then Cheryl Stanton, to be Administrator of the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division. And then John Abizaid, to be Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. And then Holly Brady and David Morales, to serve as District Judges in Indiana and Texas, respectively. Six more well-qualified nominees. Six nominees who, between them, have passed a combined 2,364 days since the Senate received their nominations. But most importantly, six of the many nominees who will now receive more prompt consideration here on the floor.”
Related Issues: Nominations, Judicial Nominations, Restoring the Senate
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