Political Quotes

“over the past week, the Senate has been confirming President Biden's Cabinet nominees with significant cooperation between both parties. Today, however, the Republican minority has forced the Senate to jump through a series of procedural hoops that will further delay the confirmation of one of our country's chief national security officials, the Secretary of Homeland Security. It has now been 8 days since President Biden was sworn into office, and as a result of an objection from one Member--just one Member from the Republican minority--it will be another 4 days until we can complete the confirmation of Mr. Mayorkas to be our next Secretary of Homeland Security. What could have been the tidy work of a few hours on President Biden's first day will drag on for a week and a half. Make no mistake about it--he will be confirmed. This dilatory action will not succeed, but it will prevent the Senate from doing other important business. It has become a point of pride for the Republican leadership to say that they are treating President Biden's nominees more fairly than Mr. Trump's, but I remind my colleagues that former President Trump had his first DHS Secretary, Secretary Kelly, confirmed on his Inauguration Day. There is a reason that there has been bipartisan cooperation in the past to confirm the Homeland Security Secretary.…”