And what this is, what this is, Mr. President, this is us voting for very low positions in the sub cabinet appointees and nominees. Not unimportant jobs, by the way, but low positions in comparison to the Cabinet. One every two hours. One [nominee] every two hours. Because that's as fast as we're allowed to go with the 1,200 or so nominees. that we have the responsibility of confirming or not. And here's what I fear. I fear that the occasional bad nominee will always pass. Now from now on, because we've turned. (05:30–06:43)
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Asserts that the Senate is confirming nominees at a rate of one every two hours due to procedural constraints.
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