Political Quotes

“Madam President, last week, the Senate confirmed President Trump's 150th judge. That is a significant milestone and one that has been harder to achieve than it normally would be thanks to the Democrats' determination to delay judicial confirmations. Again and again, the Democrats have used the time-consuming cloture vote process to delay the confirmations of President Trump's nominees--even of nominees they ultimately chose to vote for. By this point in President Obama's first term, the Republicans had required cloture votes on just three of President Obama's judicial nominees--three. Compare that to today. As of September 12, the Democrats had required cloture votes on a staggering 71.7 percent of President Trump's picks for the bench--71 percent. Basically, for more than two out of every three judges, the Democrats have required cloture votes. That simply means they have filibustered that particular nominee. The way you end the filibuster is by invoking cloture. When the Republicans were in the minority when President Obama was in the White House, at this point in President Obama's first term, the Democratic majority had invoked cloture just three times for three judges whom the Republicans had tried to block. As I said, right now, at the same point in President Trump's first term, we are talking about almost 72 percent of all of the nominations combined having been filibustered.…”