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Trent Lott: “Let me say again that I appreciate the number of nominees that have been confirmed. I think that will help our overall…”

On the recordAugust 3, 2001
Let me say again that I appreciate the number of nominees that have been confirmed. I think that will help our overall relationship. A lot of these civilian nominees to head agencies and Assistant Secretary positions clearly need to be moved through. So I am glad to see it is happening. I hope we can continue this pattern when we return in September. And I hope we will begin then to make steady progress on the confirmation of judicial nominees both for the circuit courts as well as the district courts, and also, as soon as they are received, begin to move U.S. attorneys and U.S. marshals in districts throughout the country.
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Discussing the confirmation of nominees and the need for progress on judicial appointments.

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