Wednesday on Hugh Hewitt’s nationally syndicated radio show, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) vowed to maintain the U.S. Senate’s pursuit of confirming appointees to the federal bench under President Donald Trump.
According to the Kentucky Republican, the coronavirus pandemic has not changed that goal.
Partial transcript as follows:
HEWITT: Mr. Leader, it wouldn’t be a conversation if we didn’t talk about judges. I know you folks are overwhelmed. You’ve done an amazing job. But our friend, Senator Graham, we’ve got to get him holding some hearings for Rick Richmond and nominees like John Flynn who aren’t even up there and votes for Mark Scarsi. California is out of judges. When are we going to get back to hearings and votes?
MCCONNELL: Well, the current plan is to go back in session on May 4. I haven’t seen anything that would discourage me from doing that. And as soon as we get back in session, we’ll start confirming judges again. We need to have hearings, and we need to confirm judges. Hugh, you and I have discussed this before. My motto for the year is leave no vacancy behind. That hasn’t changed. The pandemic will not prevent us from achieving that goal.
HEWITT: That is music to my ears.
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