So what is Chuck Schumer, who just spoke here on the Senate floor a few minutes ago, had to say, "Well, he put out a press release and he said that historically bad nominees, his words, deserve a historic level of scrutiny." Here are the facts. Senate Republicans have confirmed now 109 sub-cabinet nominees. Every single one of those 109 sub-cabinet nominees have been filibustered by the Democrats. Yet only seven of them received more than 10 minutes of debate on the Senate floor. They've chosen to waste the time, but not to discuss the credibility of any of these nominees. The average Democrat debate was two minutes, 87, zero Democrat debate. Only seven of them went for more than 10 minutes. In other words, the Senate Democrats declined to come to the floor to discuss 75 percent of these sub-cabinet nominees that ultimately were all confirmed by the United States Senate.
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