[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 103 (Tuesday, June 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2059]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Jared 
Bernstein, of Virginia, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic 
Advisers.
  Thereupon, the Senate proceeded to consider the nomination.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Welch). The Senator from Missouri.
  Mr. HAWLEY. Mr. President, it is my great privilege to say a very few 
words in introduction of my friend and fellow Senator, Eric Schmitt, as 
he prepares to give his maiden speech on this floor.
  We haven't worked together very long in the Senate, but we have known 
each other for some time, and I just want to say that if you look at 
Senator Schmitt's record, the people of Missouri are tremendously 
fortunate to have him, and he is already doing tremendous work for 
them.
  As attorney general, Eric led the way in taking on the Biden 
administration and holding them accountable for their abuses of power. 
He led the way in taking on Big Tech and holding them accountable for 
what they tried to do to our children, what they tried to do to our 
elections, and what they tried to do to our speech. And already now in 
the U.S. Senate, he is holding the deep state--the administrative 
state--accountable, standing up for ordinary, normal, everyday working 
Missourians who deserve to have a voice in this Chamber, who deserve to 
have a voice in their government. And he has been standing here 
fighting for them. I can't wait to continue to have the privilege to 
serve with him, and I can't wait to hear his remarks today.
  So with that, Mr. President, I yield the floor to the Senator from 
Missouri, Eric Schmitt.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Missouri.