the senate will also vote on the nomination of nathan symington, a republican nominee to the fcc area normally these nominations to independent boards repair, one democrat, one republican to keep balance on the board but here in the waning days of a lame-duck presidency republican majority is rushing to approve a single republican nominee . a nominee himself that far from uncontroversial. mister simon's key qualification seems to be a support president trumps desire to change section 230 , a law that regulates speech. in fact it appears he severely misled senators on the commerce committee and he told them while working for a federal aid he played only an administrative role in his petition for the repeal of section 230. it turns out mister simonton of not only pushing the petition himself, he was actively lobbying fox news to support it for political reasons. i strongly urge my colleagues on both sides of the eye to reject mister simonton's nomination to the fcc. and finally madam speaker, madam president , as we approach the end of the senate session, i have the unhappy task of bidd