Pat Roberts: “As you know, the Zika virus was reported in my home State of Washington this week.”

I thank my colleagues for joining me in reviewing the nominations of the individuals before us.

Recruiting, training, and retaining staff are some of the greatest challenges we have.

I hope we do not stumble on it, and that is to somehow get back engaged with TPP.

These very important missions will be even better served with the necessary key leadership in place.