mr. kacsmaryk -- after his decision mr. kacsmaryk wrote a disparaging summary which i won't quote for the record but shows his opposition to the premise about that decision. he did it again in the liberty institute blog of october 24014. -- october 2014. last december the parents of 300 transgender children, including 39 from my state of illinois, wrote the senate in opposition to mr. kacsmaryk's nomination and said, quote, our children are not a delusion and neither is our love and support for them, end of quote. even though mr. kacsmaryk has expressed strident personal views opposing lgbtq rights and even though he's lited frequent -- litigated frequently in cases involving these matters, he would not commit to recuse himself from cases involving this issue were he to be confirmed by the senate. i oppose the kacsmaryk nomination. this is yet another extreme nominee outside the mainstream of american thinking who does not deserve to be rubber stamped for a lifetime appointment by the united states senate. mr. president, i a