WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) blasted Senate Democrats for their historic slow-walking of Pres. Trump’s nominees and for undermining the will of the American people and expressed his view that Senate Republicans will need to consider taking steps to speed up confirmations should Democrats not relent in their obstruction. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found here.

“[My] Democratic colleagues here in the Senate have reflexively and mindlessly opposed President Trump’s nominees.”

“We have confirmed 107 of them, while 147 lower-level but critical nominees are still waiting to be confirmed by the Senate.”

“These include many ambassadors to key allies around the world that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has voted out of Committee.”

“To date, Senate Democrats have allowed voice votes or given unanimous consent on exactly zero of President Trump’s civilian nominees.”

“Senate Democrats’ partisan obstruction is making our country less safe. It’s making American foreign policy less effective, and it’s ceding the field to our adversaries.”

“If our Democratic colleagues do not relent on this needless and mindless obstruction, Senate Republicans will have to consider what additional steps we need to take in order to expedite this process.”

“Our Democratic colleagues seem unwilling to accept the fact that President Trump actually won the election, receiving a mandate from the American people.”

“We owe it to the American people, we owe it to President Trump, we owe it to these nominees who volunteered to serve their country to vote on these nominees without further delay.”