Thank you, Chair Stabenow and Ranking Member Boozman, for holding this hearing.

It is certainly worth repeating that today's hearing is historic in that not only are we considering four highly qualified nominees but four highly qualified female nominees.

I congratulate all of you on your nomination and your willingness to serve our country.

I have heard from several ag interests that there is a perceived shift at the CFTC to become an agency which is heavy on enforcement.

With our NATO allies, we are pressing the Serbian government to stop its brutal repression in Kosovo to bring the ultimate.

Again, George, if you want to talk to the former president about his views or his message, you can have him on your show.

the Biden administration, the Biden-Harris administration have said that they are the adults in the room that this is competent, capable leadership back at the world stage, America is back.

Voters and districts don`t want to hear about Donald Trump. He is not the president. He is not on the ballot. They want to hear what Democrats are for, but they are going to do to make their lives better.

It`s your party that voted in lockstep for the FIRST STEP Act that let thousands of violent felons back on the street who have now committed innumerable violent crimes.

No, I have not. But I know that the response that that marshal received was that the denial of representation was not in the interest of the United States. No more----

No more facts, no more explanation, just like the three who are waiting for a determination and have been waiting for more than a year do not have any fact-based explanation.

Democrats who are running on elections, whether we`re talking about House elections, Senate elections, or many of these governors races, governors who are up for reelection, we`re running to capture new governors seats like Stacey Abrams…

Madam President, I feel like we are ships passing in the night here. I could go on and on about the exploits of these deputy marshals when they were Rangers and Green Berets and what they did in combat. But my Democratic colleagues aren't…

If that is a question for me, I reject the premise of your question. I am not harming law enforcement; I am standing up for law enforcement. Once again, if you deny four U.S. marshals legal representation because they stood up to leftwing…

To respond to the Senator from Illinois, it is true that President Trump signed the FIRST STEP Act. The FIRST STEP Act was the worst mistake of the Trump administration. Yes, it is true that a number of Republican Senators voted for it…

We keep hearing that this is unrelated, as if I am upset with something the Coast Guard did or the Corps of Engineers wants to improve some water project in Arkansas. These are Department of Justice nominees, and right now, the Department…

Madam President, reserving the right to object, which I most certainly will do, I will just address what the Senator from Illinois said. He said he has heard no explanation for why I am objecting to every Department of Justice nominee…

Madam President, so contrary to what the Senator from Ohio says, I am not offended by the lack of a letter or offended by something someone said. I'm offended that four U.S. marshals--four U.S. marshals had to decide whether they are going…