i rise today to express my opposition to the nomination of mary carmen aponte to be ambassador to e el salvador. her nomination has been opposed twice for good reason. i'd like to clarify some facts. several have voiced concerns about senate republicans supposed obstruction when it comes to president obama's nominees. but most of his nominees have not even been contested. in fact, since obama has been predz, the senate has confirmed 1,1986 his nomination only a small praks of these nominees have been so controversial that they have been blocked by the as a member of the senate, take the senate's constitutional duty to provide advice and consent to the president's nominees seriously. while the overwhelming majority of nominees are easily confirmed, some do rise to such a level that further debate and scrutiny are required by the u.s. senate. ms. aponte is one of these nominees. this is not the first time the senate has considered confirming ms. aponte for an ambassadorship. she was first nominated by former president clinton in 1998 to be the ambassador of -- to the dominican republic.

raices de estos problemas" la legislacion se la embajadora de estados unidos a el salvador, mari carmen apontel senado estadounidense esta noche.... con 49 votos en contra y solo 37 a favor, el senado rechazo confirmarla pese a la fuerte presion que ejercieron los democratas quienes la consideran una latina calificada y experimentad tras ser nominada en el 2010 por el presidente obama, su confirmacion ha sido controversial por presuntos rumores de que hace aÑos tuvo una relacion con un presunto espia cubano, y recientemente ha sido fuertemente criticada por el senador republicano jim demint por una opinion que envio a un periodico salvadoreno sobre los derechos de los la corte supremo anuncio hoy que estudiara la constitucion alidad de la polemica ley s-b1070 de arizona que criminaliza la presencia de inmigrantes indocumentados en ese estado.. organizaciones opuestas a la ley como el consejo nacional de la raza temen el precedente que podria crear una decision de la corte sobre las leyes migratorias aprobadas en otros estados. "al fin del "al fin del dia lo que queremos es que esta ley sea der

mari carmen aponte of the district of columbia to be ambassador extraordinary of the united states of america to the republic of el salvador. the presiding officer: under the previous order there will be one hour of debate equally divided in the usual form. the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: the president announced mr. eisen's nomination to be ambassador to the czech republic on june 28, 2010. on september 20, 2010, i provided public notice of my intention to object to the nomination. in other words, as i always do when i put a hold on something, a bill or nomination, i put a reason in the congressional record so that everybody knows that it's me, i'm not a secret holds guy. the reason for my objection is not related to the substance of his duty as ambassador. i objected to his nomination because of the way mr. eisen handled the controversial firing of gerald walpen and the congressional inquiry into that firing. mr. walpen was the inspector general at the americorps. mr. eisen was at the white house counsel's office at the time. any effort to undermine inspectors general raises ser