Trent Lott: “If I could continue, Mr. President, the other suggestion was made that all of the so-called Republican nominees are on…”

“If I could continue, Mr. President, the other suggestion was made that all of the so-called Republican nominees are on the list. In fact, I am not all that sure which ones are Republican and which ones are Democrat. I started this thing off thinking that they were all probably supported by Democrats. For instance, I understand that one not on the list is the nominee from Ohio which maybe is at least supported by Senator DeWine. So I mean, the intent would be to bring it up later on. But I felt that I gave this list for 2 weeks and I did not have time to give four or five names for the third week. So that is why I stopped. So there is at least one and maybe more that are supported by Republicans. I do not really ask for that. What I try to do is see if there are real holds on it; see if they are legitimate. If they have legitimate concerns, I try to move on and get the others. Also, if you are ever going to bring these up in such a way that you can bring it up and insist that the Senator or Senators who have objections voice those objections and then be prepared to move them, I really think I need to do that one by one. That is what I am trying to do here. If I bring up all 17, or 16 that were pending before June 27, you can be almost certain that there will be objections heard. So I do not know what to do. I have tried to do it in groups. I have tried it singly, and I am going to continue to try to do that. Two other opinions, and then I will yield for other comments.…”