[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 56 (Tuesday, April 20, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2462-S2463]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



             Unanimous Consent Request--Executive Calendar

  Mr. DORGAN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to Executive Calendar No. 526, the nomination of BG Michael J. 
Walsh; that the nomination be confirmed and the motion to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table; that any statements related to 
the nomination be printed in the Record; that the President be 
immediately notified of the Senate's action.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  The Senator from Louisiana.
  Mr. VITTER. Yes, Madam President, for the reasons I have clearly laid 
out, I again object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  Mr. DORGAN. Madam President, let me again say the reasons that were 
clearly laid out were inappropriate reasons. The very specific project 
my colleague described as the problem--at least one of the problems--it 
turns out he would know, because he has received written notice from 
the Corps of Engineers, that they do not have the legal authority to do 
that which he demands.
  So I do not know. I do not know where you go from here. If facts do 
not matter in this place, then I guess we have a fact-free debate and 
one does what they want to do without regard to the consequences. The 
consequence in this case--the negative consequence is for a soldier, a 
patriot who has gone to war for this country is now, in my judgment, 
being treated unbelievably unfairly by at least one Senator.
  Madam President, I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Jersey.

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