Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Issues Opening Statement From Sen. Portman on Confirmation Process, Federal Vacancies
March 14, 2022
March 14, 2022
WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on March 3, 2022, entitled "Examining the Senate Confirmation Process and Federal Vacancies":
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I'm glad we're having this hearing. The Senate spends a lot of its time voting on executive nominees. We vet a lot of nominees in this committee, in fact. And although i . . .
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I'm glad we're having this hearing. The Senate spends a lot of its time voting on executive nominees. We vet a lot of nominees in this committee, in fact. And although i . . .