This is not a good process, but it's all we've got.
Editor's note · Context
Flake criticized the confirmation process while acknowledging its limitations.
Share & report
More from Jeff Flake
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that following leader remarks on Thursday, September 27, the Senate proceed to executive session for the consideration of the following nomination: Executive Calendar No. 867. I further ask that the…
Just look at what has happened. The attorney general has been fired. And oversight for the investigation has been taken from the deputy attorney general where it belonged.
I can only say that I would be only comfortable moving forward on the floor -- I'll move it out of committee, but I will only be comfortable moving on the floor until the FBI has done more investigation than they have already.
Mr. President, there are no more consequential words spoken than those spoken by the President of the United States. The words of a President reverberate around the world like no other world leader's, and as attentive as Americans are to…





