Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise again today to support Adam Szubin's nomination to serve as Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes at the Treasury Department, as well as to support several other nominees whose nominations have been pending before the Senate banking committee for many months--some for almost a full year--with no vote. All of these nominees have had hearings. They have all completed a thorough committee vetting process and they are ready to be approved. Yet the Senate banking committee is the only committee in the Senate that has not yet held a single vote on any administration nominee in this Congress--not one vote on any of the more than a dozen nominees this Congress. There are 13 nominees pending before the committee. Here we are in the final month of the year, and Republicans still have not held a vote on any of them. This inaction stands in stark contrast to this committee's record on nominees over the past 15 years. When we look at this chart, we see for the 107th, 108th, 109th, 110th, 111th, 112th, 113th, 114th--eight Congresses, 15 years--this Congress is only half completed--Republican Presidents during much of this time and Democratic Presidents during much of this time; a Republican majority in the banking committee during some of this time and a Democratic majority in the banking committee during some of this time.…”