I note--while I don't have the exact numbers here before me, I will insert in the Record later the numbers that are involved--during the first session of the 105th Congress we have now confirmed over 3,500 civilian nominations, both judicial and other executive branch nominations. That does not include military nominations. The total number, I think, comes to over 20,000 nominations that we have confirmed during the first year of the 105th session of Congress.
Trent Lott: “I note--while I don't have the exact numbers here before me, I will insert in the Record later the numbers that are…”
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Discussing the number of confirmed nominations during the first session of the 105th Congress.
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