[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 16, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S1207]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                   Nomination of Julieta Valls Noyes

  Mr. President, now I can also give you 3 million reasons why we must 
confirm Julieta Valls Noyes, the nominee to be the Assistant Secretary 
for the Bureau for Population, Refugees, and Migration--because 3 
million people have already fled their homes in Ukraine; 3 million 
people have left a war-torn country with their dreams shattered, their 
children traumatized--3 million people who have no idea what the future 
holds. Even as I speak, that number has surely been surpassed.
  There is a reason we have the Population, Refugees, and Migration 
Bureau. There is a reason the President selects a qualified nominee to 
lead it. Ms. Noyes is that person. It is a travesty that Ms. Noyes's 
nomination has been languishing on the Senate floor for 148 days 
because of Republican holds.
  We need a Senate-confirmed leader in place to take charge of the U.S. 
response to the refugee crisis forming in Europe, as well as the crises 
that already exist around the world. We need someone to work alongside 
our European allies as they face the fastest growing refugee crisis in 
Europe since World War II. We need her confirmed today--not tomorrow, 
not next week, today.