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                      Nomination of Kashyap Patel

  Mr. President, on Mr. Patel, tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary Committee 
will hear testimony from Kash Patel, President Trump's nominee to be 
the next FBI Director.
  Mr. Patel is not remotely prepared to serve as FBI Director. In fact, 
he has a long history of spreading lies about the FBI and of smearing 
the public servants who work there to keep us safe. He is a conspiracy 
theorist, a hard-right ideologue, and openly hostile to the free press.
  During tomorrow's hearing, the most important questions for Senators 
is, How on Earth will Mr. Patel's confirmation make Americans safer? 
How will Americans be safer if the FBI is led by a darling of the QAnon 
movement? How does it serve America's public safety to elevate a 
January 6 sympathizer to the highest level of enforcement in the land? 
How can Americans trust that Donald Trump will drain the swamp if he 
puts one of his most loyal political fixers as chief law enforcer?
  It is written you can't serve two masters, and that is sure true of 
Mr. Patel. He either serves the interests of the American people or he 
serves the interests of Donald Trump. Given Patel's history, it is very 
clear who he will choose--Donald Trump.