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On the recordJanuary 23, 2025
Mr. President, I will be filing cloture on former Congressman Sean Duffy's nomination to be Secretary of Transportation here shortly. Yesterday, the Commerce Committee favorably reported Congressman Duffy's nomination in a 28-to-0 vote--in other words, unanimously--and I hope we will be able to move this nominee quickly, as we did with Secretary Rubio, who was also unanimously reported out of committee. Congressman Duffy is highly qualified for this position. He served five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. As the cochair of the Great Lakes Task Force, he played a role in advancing a number of transportation and infrastructure projects. At his hearing last week, he demonstrated his knowledge of the issues that will be his responsibility in this role. Our colleague Senator Baldwin said that he is ``the right person for this job.'' There is no reason to delay this uncontroversial and qualified nominee. If Democrats want to spend their nights and weekends taking votes on uncontroversial nominees, we can do it that way, but one way or the other, these nominees will be confirmed. ____________________
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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