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On the recordFebruary 20, 2025
it has been 1 month since President Trump took the oath of office. Since January 20, the Senate has been hard at work confirming the President's Cabinet nominees--18 confirmed so far. President Trump has more of his team in place today than any President has had at this point since 2001, and we have done this despite obstruction by Democrats. Every nominee has received a fair process, as promised, and the Senate will continue to keep its foot on the gas until President Trump's Cabinet table is full. Mr. President, later today, the Senate will vote to confirm Kash Patel to be Director of the FBI. Mr. Patel will lead the Nation's primary Federal law enforcement Agency at a critical time. We have seen a heightened threat of terrorism in the homeland. Illegal drugs continue to come across the southern border and take the lives of too many Americans. Violent crime spiked in recent years, and it is still a problem in many parts of the country. At the same time, the FBI has lost the trust of many Americans who fear the Agency has become politicized. Mr. President, Kash Patel has spent his career working in criminal law and national security. He spent his first 8 years after law school as a public defender in State and Federal courts in Florida. In 2014, he was brought on as a terrorism prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice, prosecuting terrorist organizations like al- Qaida and al-Shabaab.…
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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