[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 129 (Thursday, August 6, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S4485]
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                              Nominations

  Mr. President, finally, on nominations, Trump's main priority is his 
pointless vanity projects, but he has another: packing our government 
to the rafters with far-right wing extremists.
  Senate Republicans are ramming through a nominations package that 
will put a grab bag of charlatans and MAGA foot soldiers into the 
highest positions of power. The Senate GOP knows how absurd some of 
these nominees are, which is why they are trying to flood the zone and 
push them through with a single vote. They couldn't withstand the 
spotlight, they couldn't withstand the scrutiny that the individual 
nominations process would have done to them.
  All these nominees will have different jobs, but they share the same 
qualification: absolute loyalty to Donald Trump no matter how 
ridiculous his policies are.
  The American people expect more from their government than just blind 
loyalty to Donald Trump.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. CASSIDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.