the clerk: the judiciary, brian c. buescher of nebraska to be united states district judge for the district of nebraska. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: i have 12 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have been approved by the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. cornyn: mr. president, earlier this week the administration and house democrats reached a bipartisan budget deal to deliver on the president's priorities and prevent a funding crisis this fall. as our armed forces continue their global engagements, this agreement importantly secures the funding necessary to maintain readiness and modernize the force. it provides increased defense spending to recover from a depressed military readiness rates of the previous administration and provides our men and women in uniform with the resources, equipment, and training they need in order to defend our freedoms. i know congress deals with a lot of different topic

presidential candidates don't see this storm cloud on the horizon, this past week the senate confirmed brian buescherbe a district court judge and every single democratic senator voted against him and kamala harris and others, members of the senate judiciary committee on the democratic side essentially said in so many words that he was disqualified because he was a faithful roman catholic who was a member of the knights of columbus and not a single democratic presidential candidatelu has condemned the anticatholic bigotry. six decades ago john f. kennedy said and i quote "i do not believe that i lost my chance to be president of the united states on the day i was baptized." today in the modern democratic party, your disqualified from being a federal judge if you're a faithful christian. >> laura: they have a big problem with voters of faith sara, we were talking during the break about this. the democrats are trying to kind of steel the moral high ground from trump, saying a bunchch of marriages, billy bush tapes. they are going to go back to that and sayly but we are goingo save the climate. >> i thi

the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, brian c. buescher, of nebraska, to be united states district judge for the district of nebraska. the presiding officer: the question is on the nomination. a senator: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: change -- the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to change their vote? the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's actions. mr. merkley: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. hoeven: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: madam president, i ask that my fellow dan bas

we would recommend to president trump that brian buescher be nominated as the next judge on nebraska's federal district court. mr. buescher is a proud husband and father of five children who have been his biggest cheerleaders throughout this long confirmation process. he grew up in clay county, nebraska. there he learned the importance of hard work at a young age on his family farm where they raised corn, milo, wheat, alfalfa, hogs and cattle. it is also from this upbringing that he developed a keen appreciation for how the law directly affects the everyday lives of americans. and even more so for those who live and work in america's heartland. after receiving his undergraduate degree from the university of nebraska in lincoln, brian was accepted into law school at georgetown university. he thrived both in and out of the classroom. he was editor-in-chief of the georgetown journal of ethics and vice president of the student bar association. mr. buescher is currently a partner at nebraska's largest law firm, kutac rock. he is chairman of the firm's agribusiness litigation team and overse

brian buescher has been tapped for a vacancy in the district of nebraska. throughout his career he's gained expertise in a wide array of legal areas and has earned admiration in nebraska and beyond. those who know him praise his integrity and intelligence and character. omaha has said that mr. buescher would be an impartial judge. now despite his objective qualifications and all of this praise, our senate democratic colleagues were not satisfied. here was the bombshell that offended some of our colleagues with respect to this nominee. listen to this, madam president. the nominee is a practicing catholic. my goodness! imagine that, madam president. in the united states of america, a person of faith serving in government? really? in particular, some of our democrat colleagues raked him over the coals in committee for his membership in the knights of columbus. shocking! -- shocking that a nominee for federal district court would be a member of the knights of columbus? of course, we all know the knights, the noted worldwide extremist sect of catholics that is a