[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 37 (Thursday, February 28, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S1555]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                         Presidential Nominees

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, when it comes to considering 
Presidential nominees, I have said in the past that I don't believe in 
playing by two sets of rules.
  If the Democrats insist on rejecting President Trump's Cabinet 
nominees for petty policy disagreements or insist on rejecting 
qualified judges based on an ideological litmus test, they can't expect 
kid-glove treatment for the next Democratic President.
  However, I urge Senators to end this arms race now. We can start the 
disarmament by agreeing to the Blunt-Lankford proposal based on the 
bipartisan agreement that was worked out with then-Majority Leader Reid 
in the 113th Congress.
  I yield the floor.