manson k. brown of the district of columbia to be an assistant. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will be 30 minutes of debate equally divided in the usual form. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: madam president i want to speak for the confirmation of both the nominees but first of all i want to render the courtesy to the senator from connecticut if he needed to complete his statement, i will yield to him and he can ask it in the form of a question. mr. blumenthal: the only -- and i want to express my appreciation to the senator from florida whose model i am seeking to follow in not only expertise but also graciousness and generosity. it appears to me that we are in the midst of considering yet again nomination, and so i would ask the senator from florida whether in his view his speaking now and our voting now on these nominations will detract in any way from the senate's consideration of the trafficking bill and so whether our voting on loretta lynch would in any way detr