03/19/2001
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"When the Senate fails to give nominees a timely vote, it leaves important positions in our Government vacant."
"More than 180 of my nominees are waiting for confirmation."
"Macon County people are downto-earth, hard-working, God-fearing people, who, if just given a little help, will come back stronger."
"People have got to understand here in the region that a lot of folks around America care for them now."