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On the recordMay 16, 2023
I appreciate the gloss that the Senator from Utah has put on the plain language of this statute, which clearly does not allow--if it did, he would have shown us that language. I wish that Justice Alito and the other members of the Supreme Court who applied the originalist view that determined that because it doesn't say a woman's right to choose in the Constitution, there must not be such a fundamental right--I wish they had used the sort of statutory interpretation my colleague from Utah has chosen this evening. Similarly, with the approach to federalism, you know, it all depends on what the underlying issue happens to be. With that, I yield the floor. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Military Nominations IN THE AIR FORCE Exec. Cal. No. 46--Col. Leigh A. Swanson to be Brigadier General IN THE ARMY Exec. Cal. No. 47--Maj. Gen. Sean A. Gainey to be Lieutenant General Exec. Cal. No. 48--Maj. Gen. Heidi J. Hoyle to be Lieutenant General Exec. Cal. No. 49--Brig. Gen. Laurence S. Linton to be Major General Exec. Cal. No. 50--Brig. Gen. Stacy M. Babcock to be Major General and Col. Peggy R. McManus to be Brigadier General IN THE AIR FORCE Exec. Cal. No. 51--Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Gebara to be Lieutenant General IN THE ARMY Exec. Cal. No. 52--Maj. Gen. Robert M. Collins to be Lieutenant General IN THE AIR FORCE Exec. Cal. No. 82--to be Brigadier Col. David J. Berkland; Col. Amy S. Bumgarner; Col. Ivory D. Carter; Col. Raja J.…
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