Posted on 07/20/2023 4:13:15 PM PDT by RandFan
WASHINGTON — Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Menendez issued a scathing rebuke of Sen. Rand Paul's move to block more than 60 State Department nominees as Paul seeks information from the Biden administration about Covid-19's origins.
The statement, first obtained by NBC News, does not specifically mention Paul, R-Ky., by name, but calls the "blatant refusal by one member" to advance nominees "unacceptable."
Paul has blocked State Department nominees in an effort to "access COVID-19 documents being held by various government agencies that are under the jurisdiction of the foreign relations committee," a Paul spokesperson previously told NBC.
The spokesperson said that Paul would oppose nominees unless Menendez "stopped obstructing oversight efforts."
Menendez, D-N.J., says Paul's move "puts our country’s national security and global influence in peril."
"I call on the members of this body engaged in blanket refusals to confirm nominees to stop playing games with our national security. It only undermines our national security and our ability to compete with the PRC," Menendez said in the statement, using the abbreviation for the People's Republic of China.
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GO Rand!
I criticize Bob Menéndez for sucking the gov teat non-stop since 1991. Get a real friggin’ job, pendejo!
Paul and Tuberville using the tools they have to get to the truth and have the Biden administration follow the law.
Where was his outrage when Elizabeth Warren held up nominations from 2017-2020? I’ll be honest that I don’t know the year but she did for sure during this period. It was crickets from Democrats during that.
Don’t forget his trips to the Dominican Republic.
Good for Rand!
Old groomer is nervous.
Dirtbag Bob likes his girls young, real young
Tough cow paddies. Hold them up Rand.
Toss him a few underage Columbian teenagers hopped up on cocaine and Bob will settle down.
When you’re so compromised you have to say what you’re told to. Me, personally, I know when to keep my mouth shut if I’m on loose ground.
Thank you Paul.
When I was very young I drove his father, Ron Paul, around to campaign speeches in Texas. Ron Paul was saying way back then the exact same stuff he has been saying for decades. He is a very smart guy.
“blatant refusal by one member” to advance nominees “unacceptable.”
Unacceptable to whom?
Not We The People.
Hold the line Rand.
This turkey should be in prison.
I would have appreciated his comment if it were made from a jail cell where he belongs
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