Recent Press Releases

‘So we returned to work to pass more legislation and to confirm more nominees. That’s just what we’ve done, and it’s just what we’ll continue to do. This week, we will conclude the hugely important appropriations bills before us. And after that, we will turn to the 17 nominees on whom I filed cloture yesterday. They’re a variety of impressive men and women whom the president has asked to serve in the judiciary and the executive branch. None are particularly controversial. All are qualified. No more obstruction, no more delays – it’s time to confirm them all. And the Senate will continue to work right through August until every one of them is confirmed.’
‘This week, we’ve been considering appropriations measures to fund the Department of Defense and the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. These bills will make America stronger -- overseas and right here at home. They attend to national priorities like providing the resources needed to better prepare our forces for combat, and to deter our enemies. The funds meet many of the requirements of our military commanders, equipping and training units to meet and overcome the most dangerous of emerging global threats.’
‘This week, Judge Brett Kavanaugh has continued meeting with members of this body. So far, I believe the only Senators who’ve met with this nominee and then had negative things to say about him were Democrats who’d already announced beforehand they would oppose him. I suspect that, with Judge Kavanaugh, you have to go in with a closed mind in order to come away unimpressed. This man has served with distinction for more than a decade on what many scholars consider the second-highest court in our nation -- the D.C. Circuit. His legal brilliance and his fair, open-minded approach have won him vocal praise from those in the know across the political spectrum.’