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On the recordSeptember 4, 2025
I just would like to address briefly something Senator Whitehouse has said, by tossing all the blame to the fact that we have no unanimous consent and no voice vote candidates under President Trump when the control of that is squarely within the Democrat leader Senator Schumer of New York. We know--if you look at the chart that has been made, we know the numbers that were done under the Biden administration, under Trump one, under Obama, under Bush, under Clinton, when you get down to the end of the chart, dip, big zero for President Trump. So with that, I think we are in a place that we need to make adjustments here. That is what we are looking at. But I agree with Senator Whitehouse, and these are critical appointments, as many of them are. I am glad that Mr. Telle was able to make it through at the very end. He has already had a visit to West Virginia, and he is going to do a great job. I yield the floor.
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Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia

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Addressing the lack of unanimous consent and voice vote candidates during President Trump's administration.

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