Cornyn Urges Democrats to Work with GOP on Cabinet Nominees

Press Conference

Today during a press conference, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) urged Senate Democrats to stop slow-walking votes on the President's Cabinet nominees. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn's remarks are below, and video of his remarks can be found here.

"Many of us have worked with Senator Schumer a long time. He tends to be a pretty practical sort of person, but I realize he's being pulled by the Bernie Sanders-Elizabeth Warren faction of his own party and is really unable to do the sort of basic things that always happen after elections: to cooperate, to give the President his choice in the Cabinet that he's chosen, subject to Senate confirmation."

"And now it's clear, both on the floor and through committee action, that they're going to try to string this out as long as they possibly can."

"We were unable to conclude Jeff Sessions' confirmation vote in the Committee today, but we will vote him out of the Committee tomorrow. And my hope is that in due course, very soon, we're going to get him to the floor of the Senate and confirmed as the next Attorney General of the United States."

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