Kaine Statement on Republicans’ Procedural Move to Hide Unqualified Nominees from the American People

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) released the following statement regarding Senate Republicans' move to destroy decades of precedent by breaking the Senate's long-standing rules to rush presidential nominees through the Senate without debate or individual votes:

"Senate Republicans are blowing up decades of precedent about how nominations are considered for one reason: they want to hide from the American public how bad Donald Trump's nominees really are by burying them in long lists and rushing them through the Senate. We've already seen how dangerous Trump nominees are-look at RFK Jr. and the havoc that he's wreaking on public health, including by firing vaccine experts we need to keep Americans safe from preventable diseases. Trump and congressional Republicans want to put a whole lot more unqualified people in high-level positions, but they know that they'll pay a price if the public really gets to look at those nominations. This is a shameful anti-transparency tactic and our communities will suffer because of it."

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