Remarks
Currently showing results related to Nominations
Joseph Balash to Play Critical Role in Coal Country
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the president's nominee for Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Land and Minerals Management, Joseph Balash: "In addition to our important work on tax reform and to fund the government, this week the Senate is also continuing our efforts to confirm President Trump's nominees to his administration. "Soon, the Senate will consider the nomination of Joseph Balash to serve … Continue Reading
12.05.17
Senate To Confirm Nielsen For Secretary Of Homeland Security
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the president's nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen: "Yesterday, the Senate voted to advance the nomination of Kirstjen Nielsen to be the Secretary of Homeland Security. Now, it's time for us to vote to confirm her so she can get to work for the American people. "By confirming Ms. Nielsen's nomination to lead the DHS, this Senate will take a serious… Continue Reading
12.04.17
Kirstjen Nielsen Has The Talent And Experience To Succeed At DHS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the president's nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen: "Today, the Senate will continue to fulfill its important responsibility to confirm critical nominees to President Trump's administration. We'll do that by voting to advance the nomination of Kirstjen Nielsen, the president's choice to serve as the Secretary of Homeland Security. "As my colleagues… Continue Reading
11.29.17
McConnell: I Applaud Chairman Grassley For Not Allowing Blue Slip Courtesy To Be Abused
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding more of the president's well-qualified judicial nominees and Senate Democrats' abuse of the blue slip courtesy in the confirmation process: "Our colleague Senator Grassley has done an outstanding job processing the president's judicial nominees, beginning with the president's selection of Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve on the Supreme Court. Chairman Grassley and the members o… Continue Reading
11.27.17
Senate To Consider Ninth Nominee For The Circuit Courts
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the president's nominee for district court judge for the District of Columbia, Dabney Friedrich and the nominee for U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Gregory Katsas: "Later today, the Senate will consider two more talented nominees to the federal judiciary. First, we will vote to confirm the nomination of Dabney Friedrich to serve as a district cour… Continue Reading
11.16.17
Senate To Confirm Two More Impressive Judicial Nominees
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding two more well-qualified nominees for federal district courts: "Today, the Senate will continue to fulfill its important responsibility of providing advice and consent on President Trump's nominations. So far this week, we have confirmed talented individuals to important positions in the Departments of Transportation, Labor, and Defense. "Yesterday, the Senate advanced the… Continue Reading
11.15.17
Senate To Confirm Nominees For Army, MSHA, Comptroller Of The Currency
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the need to confirm more of the president's well-qualified nominees: "Yesterday, the Senate continued its efforts to confirm the president's talented nominees to staff the federal government. We advanced the nomination of David Zatezalo to serve as the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health - an important position to the thousands of miners in states like Ke… Continue Reading
11.14.17
More Qualified And Talented Nominees Advance in Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the need to confirm more of the president's nominees: "In addition to the other work being done by the committees, the Senate is continuing to confirm qualified and talented nominees sent to us by the president. Yesterday, we confirmed an important official for the Department of Transportation, and today we'll confirm another. "Then, we'll advance the nomination of David Za… Continue Reading
11.13.17
McConnell On Nominees: We Will Continue To Move Swiftly
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the need to confirm more of the president's nominees: "The Senate will continue its progress confirming the president's nominees. Last week, we confirmed multiple nominees to a number of federal agencies. Soon, they'll get on the job for our country. "This week, we'll start by considering two nominees for the Department of Transportation. Later today, the Senate will vote t… Continue Reading
11.09.17
Senate Building Strong Momentum on Nominees
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the need to confirm more of the president's nominees: "This has been another important week here in the Senate. We're moving forward on multiple aspects of the president's agenda. Later today, the Senate Finance Committee will release its plan for tax reform. I'll have more to say on this in a moment, but I would like to once again commend Chairman Hatch for his leadership t… Continue Reading
11.08.17
Senate Continues To Confirm The President’s Well-Qualified, Talented Nominees
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the need to confirm more of the president's nominees: "This Republican Senate is continuing its important work on behalf of the American people. We're moving forward on legislative priorities that will benefit hardworking families throughout the country. We're also continuing to confirm President Trump's nominees throughout the federal government. Last week, we continued our… Continue Reading
11.07.17
President’s Nominees Are Ready To Get To Work, McConnell Says
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the need to confirm more of the president's well-qualified nominees: "As we all know, the Senate has been quite busy. Legislatively, we've been hard at work on everything from budgets to disaster relief to consumer protections to tax reform. On the nominations front, we've taken strong action to strengthen the judiciary, including confirming a slate of fantastic nominees in … Continue Reading
11.06.17
McConnell on Nominees: We’re Not Finished Yet
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the need to confirm more of the president's well-qualified nominees: "Last Monday, I said that the Senate would confirm four excellent judicial nominees by the end of the week. That's just what we did. Amy Barrett - confirmed. Joan Larsen - confirmed. Allison Eid - confirmed. Stephanos Bibas - confirmed. "After eight years of a president who selected judges based upon an id… Continue Reading
11.01.17
Justice Joan Larsen: A Strong Addition To The Sixth Circuit
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the president's nominee for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Michigan Supreme Court Justice Joan Larsen: "Yesterday, when the Senate confirmed the nomination of Professor Amy Barrett to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, we took another important step to ensure that the federal judiciary fulfills its role in our constitutional system. Now, we have the opportunity to co… Continue Reading
10.31.17
Professor Amy Barrett Will Be An Asset To Our Judiciary
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the president's nominee for the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Professor Amy Barrett: "Yesterday, the Senate advanced the nomination of Professor Amy Barrett, President Trump's impressive nominee to be a judge on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. She is the first of four strong nominees to our nation's circuit courts that the Senate will confirm this week. Professor B… Continue Reading
10.26.17
Senate To Consider Four Circuit Court Nominees Next Week
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor after filing cloture on four more well-qualified circuit court nominees: "In my opening remarks today, I commended President Trump once again for the many outstanding judicial nominations he has made - and I reiterated the Senate's determination once more to continue confirming them, regardless of the often-mindless partisan obstruction we've being seeing across the aisle. This poin… Continue Reading
10.26.17
‘We Will Confirm These Nominees. You Can Count On It.’
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding Democrat obstruction of the president's judicial nominees: "This Senate is continuing to move forward on the outstanding judicial nominations made by President Trump. Many of the well-qualified men and women the president has nominated enjoy substantial bipartisan support. "Unfortunately, Senate Democrats have decided to continue wasting the Senate's time with pointless obs… Continue Reading
10.25.17
Democrat Obstruction on Nominations ‘Has Got To Stop’
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding Democrat obstruction of the president's judicial nominees: "I'd like to again commend President Trump for the outstanding judicial nominees he's sent us this year. So far, every nominee we've brought to the floor has been confirmed by a majority vote of the Senate. "In some cases, those majority votes have been bipartisan and massive. Like 95 to 1. Like 97 to 0. And yet, al… Continue Reading
10.24.17
Senate Working Hard To Confirm More Judicial Nominees
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the judicial nominations of Scott Palk for the Western District of Oklahoma and Trevor McFadden for the District of Columbia: "Now, on one final matter, in addition to our important legislative priorities, the Senate is also working hard to confirm the president's excellent judicial nominees. Last night I filed cloture on two nominees for U.S. District Courts. "Scott Palk h… Continue Reading
10.16.17
Senate Continues Work on Nominees, Budget, Tax Reform
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the Senate's fall agenda: "As I discussed with the president and vice president at our working lunch today, the Senate has a full schedule of important work ahead of us. The Senate's fall agenda includes confirming more nominees to the judiciary, administration and other important positions, and later today we will resume consideration of another nominee - Callista Gingrich,… Continue Reading
