As we have spent many hours debating whether Mrs. DeVos is the best person to head our Department of Education, my question is, Do you think Betsy DeVos is the best prepared, the best experienced, and the best committed person to lead as…

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I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Will the Senator withhold her suggestion?

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Yes, I will. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nebraska. Nomination of Neil Gorsuch

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I would want to work with you to make sure that these projects are moving along.

I know that you are aware of the bill that Senator Joni Ernst and I introduced.

I would like you to reiterate, for the record, that you believe that this is a very good thing.

I really hope that you will re-introduce that, and I will do everything possible to help support that bill.

we would really want to work with you as World War II Filipino veterans are dying on a daily basis.

there has been a lack of parity as to the treatment and the access to care for the mental health side