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miss lisa fairfax to be a member of the securities and exchange purse ton, ms. hester be a member of the -- >> i have a few remarks. a couple of people on my side have remarks. i think the chairman for convening the session to consider these nominations for the committee. tose people have been asked take on important jobs. it is incumbent to act promptly today and on the floor. was pending for 500 days. for 400.as pending i hope we do better with nominees. hopeful chairman shelby and all of us who support -- will go to leadership and ask them to move on this. he is qualified. he started with president bush. i would also ask that we move , thely on the nomination confirmation of the import export bank nominee. its agency can carry out entire mission. thank you. you for the courtesy. i am going to take a minute. on the blockte no of nominees. not because of three of them, but because of the two fcc nominees. i have not received answers sufficient from either nominee. it is on the question of the disclosure of corporate political spending. this should be a priority

miss lisa fairfax to be a member of the securities and exchange commission, ms.ester purse to be a member of the -- >> i have a few remarks. a couple of people on my side have remarks. i think the chairman for convening the session to consider these nominations for the committee. these people have been asked to take on important jobs. it is incumbent to act promptly today and on the floor. mr. lerner's was pending for 500 days. another was pending for 400. i hope we do better with nominees. i am hopeful chairman shelby and all of us who support -- will go to leadership and ask them to move on this. he is qualified. he started with president bush. i would also ask that we move quickly on the nomination, the confirmation of the import export bank nominee. that agency can carry out its entire mission. thank you. >> thank you for the courtesy. i am going to take a minute. why i will vote no on the block of nominees. not because of three of them, but because of the two fcc nominees. i have not received answers sufficient from either nominee. it is on the question of t

lisa m. fairfax of maryland to be a member of the securities and exchange commission and ms. hester first done a member of the securities and exchange rates and exchange. >> before the vote and exchange rates enacted for the both of a few remarks and a couple people on my site at least three brief remarks t. first i think the chairman for convening the executive session to consider these nominations before the committee to these people up and asked to take on important jobs and it's incumbent on us to act on them promptly today and before mr. lerner's nomination was pending for 500 days mr. ear gates was pending for almost 400 today hope we do better with her name -- remaining nominees and the nomination of adam szubin reported by the committee can be approved by the senate. i'm hopeful chairman shelby and all of us who supports szubin will go to leadership and asked them to move on this. he is tremendously well-qualified. he started with president bush. his job as undersecretary of treasury for terrorism and financial crimes is essential in carrying out our mission around th

lisa m. fairfax of maryland to be a member of the securities and exchange commission and mr. -- ms.ter purse of ohio to be a member of the securities and exchange commission. >> mr. chairman, before the vote i have a few remarks and my understanding is a couple people have brief remarks to. i thank the chairman for convening the executive session to consider these five nominations. these people have been asked to take on important jobs, it's incumbent on us to act on them promptly today and on the floor. mr. lerner's nomination, however, was pending for 500 days. mr. garrety's was pending for almost 400. i hope we do better with remaining nominees. i hope that especially the nomination of adam zubin can be approved by the senate. i'm hopeful chairman shelby and all of us who support zubin will go to leadership and ask them to move on this. he's tremendously well qualified. he started with president obama. his job as undersecretary for treasury for terrorism and financial crimes is essential in carrying out our mission around the world. he was nominated almost a year ago. i would als