Political Quotes

“There is an important chapter that he just left out of recounting the history of the nominations process in the Senate. I call it the JD Vance chapter. Listen to this: When Donald Trump was in his first term, he nominated over 90 U.S. attorneys. Every one of them passed with a voice vote, with the possible exception of one in Massachusetts. Every one of these passed with a voice vote. In other words, we didn't require any rollcalls. We filled these vacancies for U.S. attorneys. Then came Joe Biden. Under the Biden Presidency, a decision was made by one Senator, JD Vance of the State of Ohio. He came along and said: I no longer will allow you--it is my right as a Senator to stop it. I will no longer allow you to have a nominee for U.S. attorney go through without a rollcall. That sounds like a very minor request, but with potentially over 90 of these rollcalls, we found ourselves backed up in a situation where we couldn't approve any U.S. attorneys. I came to this floor--this very spot--eight times, pleading with then-Senator JD Vance: Please, don't do this.”