[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 22, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S4205]
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                      Nomination of Charlton Allen

  Finally, Mr. President, on the Charlton Allen nomination, you know, 
it is no secret that the Trump administration is chock-full of people 
who have a known history of racism, anti-Semitism, and other forms of 
prejudice; and Trump's nominee for general counsel of the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority, Charlton Allen, is no exception to this.
  Back in 1996, Allen published a front-page article in his student 
newspaper that included a cartoon depicting a Jewish candidate for 
student president as the devil. Allen's article explicitly highlighted 
the candidate's Jewish identity and parroted numerous anti-Semitic 
tropes. Allen also reportedly displayed homophobic signs around campus 
and even drew comparisons between homosexuality and bestiality. He also 
wrote other articles that were racist and Islamophobic.
  A bigot like Allen doesn't belong on the board of a student 
newspaper, let alone in a Presidential administration. Every Senate 
Republican ought to be against this guy.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.