On the recordFebruary 5, 2025
I want to thank my colleague from Minnesota for her passion for representing the people of Minnesota and showing how terrible this nominee is. We are going to be speaking all night. We want Americans, every hour--whether it is 8 p.m. or 3 a.m.--to hear how bad Russell Vought is and the danger he poses to them in their daily lives if he were put as head of OMB. We want to sound the alarm--sound the alarm--on the reckless and lawless things that Russell Vought will do to American families; to sound the alarm on the chief architect of Project 2025; to sound the alarm on Russell Vought because Russell Vought--sadly, alarmingly, outrageously--stands on the brink of confirmation as Director of OMB, thanks to Senate Republicans who have fallen in line one right after the other behind Donald Trump and have rubberstamped his nominees, no matter how unqualified, no matter how harmful to the American people. And of all of the nominees, of all of the extremists that Donald Trump elevated, of all the hard right ideologues who have come before the Senate, none of them hold a candle to Russell Vought. He is far and away the one most dangerous to the American people. Most people have never heard of Russell Vought before. But make no mistake about it, my fellow Americans, he is the most important piece of the puzzle in Donald Trump's second term. He will be the quarterback of White House policy. For all intents, he will run the command center of the Trump administration.…
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