James Lankford: “The Senate also does nominations. That is something that we…”

“I mean, is there anything being done meanwhile while the Senate's there? I guess there's not much you can do with the House out. Is there any business that's getting done? There is, yeah. The Senate also does nominations. That is something that we do by ourselves. So we're confirming judges during this time period. and trying to negotiate to be able to figure out how do we get the government back open again. So we've continued to be able to confirm judges this week.” (09:00–09:08)

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