president, this afternoon we will also be voting to invoke cloture on the nomination of sean duffey toe secretary of transportation. mr. duffey brings valuable experience that will help him in managing our nation's sprawling transportation system, and he has some important work ahead of him. in recent years, there have been a number of challenges in the transportation sector. we've seen serious safety concerns affect air travel, issues at our ports have led to supply chain challenges, a pilot shortage has resulted in reduced air service in parts a of the country. and all the while the biden administration seemed to be focused on forcing americans into electric vehicles and forcing progressive ideology into transportation policy. mr. president, the american people expect to have a safe and efficient transportation system, and that's the top priority of the transportation department. and it's what sean duffy is focused on. as a five-term congressman and a cochair of the great lakes task force, he worked with republicans and democrats in the house and senate on a number of infrastructure

sean duffey is the nominee to be secretary of transportation to the fix our nation's crumbling infrastructure. the commerce committee was unanimous in appellate court -- in support of his nomination. all of these nominees received bipartisan support in committees. the senate has an obligation to confirm them quickly. to deny a president his cabinet is wrong, especially when we're talking about the national security touchlite any delay -- national security team. any delay denies a homeland security security secretary. it denies the country a treasury secretary at a time when painfully high prices are hurting families and hurting small businesses. it denies the country a secretary of transportation when our ports and our airlines need urgent attention. the president deserves to have his team in place, and senate republicans will overcome the roadblocks and we will confirm them. the choice for democrats is simple -- the easy way or the hard way. mr. president, we are going to get them confirmed. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. mr. durbin: mr. president. the presiding officer: the de

senator tammy baldwin of wisconsin introduced sean duffey for the president when he was nominated to be secretary. he is the right guy to help deliver for which is families, businesses and workers. our colleague john hickenlooper of colorado introduced chris wright to be secretary of energy. secretary hickenlooper said this. he said, mr. write is quote, a scientist who has invested his life around energy. senator mark kelly said lee zeldin is a, quote, qualified candidate to lead the environmental protection agency. senator martin heinrich said doug burgum is, quote, a talented nominee to lead the department of interior. i think we should pay attention to those comments. democrats know that president trump's nominees are ready to get on the job and are qualified to do the work. yeah, the senate should give advice and consent. that's an obligation we have. but disgruntled democrats should not use the senate's constitutional power as an excuse to delay and deny. americans want results. that's what they voted for in november. they did not vote for resistance. they want to get this count