[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 73 (Monday, May 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2507-S2508]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will 
proceed to executive session and resume consideration of the following 
nomination, which the clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read the nomination of Kurt D. Engelhardt, of 
Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority whip.
  Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, one of the items on our to-do list is 
continuing to confirm the President's nominees, which have faced an 
unprecedented level of obstruction and downright foot-dragging. It is 
maddening to

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see our Democratic colleagues insisting that we go through all the 
motions and the time limits set out in the rules, when nominees are 
confirmed 99 to 1 or 100 to 0. In other words, these are not 
controversial nominees, in many cases, and there is simply no reason to 
drag their feet and to prevent the Senate from doing other important 
work, including confirming more nominees.