[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 8, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S66]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                 Nomination of Michael George DeSombre

  Ms. DUCKWORTH. Mr. President, I am here to speak on two matters.
  The first is the nomination for Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand 
of Michael DeSombre. The Kingdom of Thailand has been a longtime U.S. 
ally and is a key partner for our efforts in the Southeast Asia region, 
both economically and militarily.
  Unfortunately, this nominee has failed to reach out to either me or 
my colleague and my senior Senator, Dick Durbin, both of whom are his 
home-State Senators. He has not reached out to me. So I am asking my 
colleagues to please vote no on cloture on Michael DeSombre to be our 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand until such time as I am able to 
have a chance to sit down with him.