John Barrasso: “yesterday, I had a chance to meet with President Trump at the White House. I shared with him that his nominees are…”

“yesterday, I had a chance to meet with President Trump at the White House. I shared with him that his nominees are receiving strong support here in the U.S. Senate, and I assured President Trump that Republicans in the Senate are committed to working around the clock to confirm his nominees. To put this into perspective, yesterday, President Trump invited several of us to travel with him later this week. He is going to be going to North Carolina, as well as Los Angeles, to see the impact of the disasters and the devastation in both places. Well, we thanked him for the invitation and told him that we have pressing responsibilities right here on the floor of the U.S. Senate, because we are prepared to work late into the night and long weekends if Democrats choose to deliberately delay the votes on his Cabinet, as it appears they are doing right now. So that is exactly what we are planning to do-- continue to work to get these individuals, who are strong and tough, confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Last night, what we saw here in this body was Democrats decided to stall the confirmation of John Ratcliffe. Mr. Ratcliffe is President Trump's nominee to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. The nomination is supported completely--bipartisan. Actually, his specific nomination was voted 14 in favor to only 3 against in the committee, the Intelligence Committee of the U.S. Senate. But last night, here in this body, Democrats chose last-minute obstruction.…”