October 23, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 182 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

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                 EXECUTIVE CALENDAR--MOTION TO PROCEED

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I move to proceed to executive session 
to consider Calendar No. 890 and ask for the yeas and nays.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The Democratic leader.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, now, I believe the Senate majority is on 
the precipice of making a colossal and historic mistake. By rushing 
this nomination through the Senate only 8 days before a national 
election, after 50 million Americans have already voted, the Republican 
majority is steering the Senate, the Supreme Court, and the country in 
a very dangerous direction. The damage to Americans' faith in these 
institutions could be lasting.
  So before we go any further, we should shut off the cameras, close 
the Senate, and talk face-to-face about what this might mean for the 
country.
  We need to restore public trust in our institutions, not continue to 
undermine it. The Senate majority may have the power to confirm this 
nomination before the election, but that does not make it right. Might 
does not make it right.
  We ought to have a candid conversation, Senator-to-Senator, in which 
we truly listen to each other before it is too late. So I am making a 
motion to move to closed session.

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