WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. John Thune issued the following press release:
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Bret Baier on Fox News.
On Jay Clayton's nomination:
"I hope he gets through this week ... The confirmation hearing will happen tomorrow in the Intelligence Committee. They will report him out. We will take him up as soon as we can, but that will take some cooperation from Democrats. If they want to, they can slow-walk it ... They can't slow it down forever - we'll get him on the floor - but if we want to get him confirmed by the end of the week, we're going to need a little bit of help. And right now, we're getting mixed signals about whether or not the Democrats will participate and help with that."
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