the clerk: the judiciary, joel m. carson iii of new mexico to be united states circuit judge for the tenth circuit. mr. cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i want to return to a theme that i've been addressing the last few days and that is the nomination of ms. gina haspel to be director of the c.i.a. yesterday the entire country, indeed the entire world, got to see ms. haspel's performance before the senate select committee on intelligence. and speaking for myself, i could not have been more impressed. and in taking an informal poll among others, i think they felt -- many people felt the same way. it is al tough -- it is a tough -- a tough requirement of her confirmation process to -- for comob who has been 33 years -- somebody who has been 33 years working for the c.i.a. in the most obscure and unknown to the rest of us spots around the world to have to come and answer questions about her career much of which happens to be classified information. and, of course, we ha

the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, joel m. carson iii of new mexico to be united states circuit judge for the tenth circuit. mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: majority leader. mr. mcconnell: today is peace officers memorial day when we honor the men and women of law enforcement. during police week, thousands of officers from across the nation and the world travel here to washington to remember their fallen comrades and rededicate themselves to protecting our communities. i welcome them, particularly peace officers from the state of kentucky. i look forward to visiting later today with members of the louisville metro police department. we owe them and departments across the commonwealth our heartfelt thanks for keeping the bluegrass state safe and secure. i also wish to pay tribute to members of kentucky's law enforcement community who gave their ultimate sacrifice on our behalf. since police week last year, three of the commonwealth's finest have fallen in the line of duty. officers scotty hamilton, a 12-year vet

the clerk: judiciary, joel m. carson iii to be united states circuit judge for the tenth circuit. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, i had an opportunity yesterday to visit our friend john mccain. it was a beautiful location, sedona. it's about a two-hour drive from phoenix. john and cindy and i had a chance to sit on the back porch and reminisce about our friendship and all we had shared over the last 30 years. we had some laughs. we mainly reminisced about the battles. sometime we were on the same side, sometimes we weren't. but one thing about our colleague, john mccain, you'd rather be on his side than not. but for ten years we had very vigorous debates about an issue he and i both cared about and we were on the opposite sides. it ended up going all the way to the supreme court. he won and i lost. and we worked hard to establish a new relationship after that vigorous battle of a decade. we all know his story all too well. a genuine american hero. we admire the tenacity and the grit that it took to survive those five and a half years in th