Don Nickles: “I might remind my colleagues, 8 years ago every Clinton nominee was confirmed by January 22, unanimously, by…”

“I might remind my colleagues, 8 years ago every Clinton nominee was confirmed by January 22, unanimously, by voice--every single one. The only one that was not was the Attorney General, and the reason for that was that the Clinton administration had withdrawn a couple of nominees. The eventual nominee for Attorney General, Janet Reno, was confirmed 98-0 after very short debate. I just make those points to clarify the record. Eight years ago Congress moved very expeditiously to confirm all nominees. All were confirmed by January 21--by voice vote, I might add. The only recorded vote was Janet Reno and that was 98-0.”