Consideration of executive and judicial nominees. This runs about an hour and 15 minutes. The meeting will come to order. Today, the committee on rules and administration will receive system on Senate Resolution 355, improving procedures for consideration of nominations in the u. S. Senate. I want to thank senator langford, who is here with us at the table, for agreeing to appear before us today to discuss the merits of his resolution. In 2010, this committee undertook a comprehensive examination of the filibuster in the United States senate. That examination was conducted in response to an ongoing debate about invoking the Nuclear Option. And while no action was taken immediately following the conclusion of the committees work, the senate did take steps in early 2013 to modify some of the rules and procedures for consideri ining bills and certa nominations during that congress. Later that same year, the senate took a more plastic step and invoked the Nuclear Option. Invoking the Nucle
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Quickly as we possibly can. So by the end of the year, you believe we can say in all 50 states we have better notification requirements . Yes, sir. Thank you. Mrs. Sald ano in director rodriguezs testimony he mentioned that 34,375 new daca requests were denied 414 renewal requests have been denied. Of these approximately 44,000 denied requests, how many have been deported . Of what requests . The 43,375 daca requests that were denied and 414 renewal requests have been denied. If somebody is not able to access daca then they are still eligible for deportation or that is demanded. How many of those have been deported . I cant give you the specific number. But they go in whether they are daca or not eligible, sir we look at ours the same way we do anybody else daca doesnt get them a free pass. We have to look at them on casebycase basis as to what is the next step, whether we detain someone, what level of bond we place and if we release them and that kind of thing. It is all done on the w
Today nomination hearing. This is the tenth nomination hearing the committee has held this year. I want to take a minute to thank Ranking Member and her staff for working diligently. With my staff. And this senator to process these nominees. Filling judicial vacancies, and executive appointments is an important part of committee responsibility. And i know that all members of the committee take this responsibility seriously. Today, well hear from two panels. First well hear from the nominees to the Circuit Court. Noter dame law professor. And Michigan Supreme Court justice. Our second panel will hear from eric. To be head of the Civil Rights Division. And the department of justice will also hear from two nominees to the District Court judges in tennessee. I understand that theres some concern with having two Circuit Court nominees on a hearing agenda. So i thought id explain this. Because its unusual. When the majority leader extended the Senate Schedule in to august. We scheduled a nom
We appreciate everybody being here. I turned it on. Especially welcome the nominees and their families. Today nomination hearing. This is the tenth nomination hearing the committee has held this year. I want to take a minute to thank Ranking Member and her staff for working diligently. With my staff. And this senator to process these nominees. Filling judicial vacancies, and executive appointments is an important part of committee responsibility. And i know that all members of the committee take this responsibility seriously. Today, well hear from two panels. First well hear from the nominees to the Circuit Court. Noter dame law professor. And Michigan Supreme Court justice. Our second panel will hear from eric. To be head of the Civil Rights Division. And the department of justice will also hear from two nominees to the District Court judges in tennessee. I understand that theres some concern with having two Circuit Court nominees on a hearing agenda. So i thought id explain this. Bec