[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 14 (Thursday, January 23, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        NOMINATION OF SEAN DUFFY

  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I will be filing cloture on former 
Congressman Sean Duffy's nomination to be Secretary of Transportation 
here shortly.
  Yesterday, the Commerce Committee favorably reported Congressman 
Duffy's nomination in a 28-to-0 vote--in other words, unanimously--and 
I hope we will be able to move this nominee quickly, as we did with 
Secretary Rubio, who was also unanimously reported out of committee.
  Congressman Duffy is highly qualified for this position. He served 
five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. As the cochair of the 
Great Lakes Task Force, he played a role in advancing a number of 
transportation and infrastructure projects. At his hearing last week, 
he demonstrated his knowledge of the issues that will be his 
responsibility in this role. Our colleague Senator Baldwin said that he 
is ``the right person for this job.''
  There is no reason to delay this uncontroversial and qualified 
nominee. If Democrats want to spend their nights and weekends taking 
votes on uncontroversial nominees, we can do it that way, but one way 
or the other, these nominees will be confirmed.

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