No president has ever faced a total shutdown of nominees like President Trump has under the Democrats and Chuck Schumer. This has resulted in a historic backlog. Today, 149 qualified, ready to serve nominees are still waiting to be considered here on the Senate floor. and they are stuck in Senate purgatory. Now, we know these nominees are qualified, despite what Senator Schumer said on this floor just a couple of minutes ago. (05:46–05:53)
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Asserts that 149 nominees are waiting for Senate consideration.
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