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Unanimous Consent Request--Executive Calendar

Floor Speech

Date: March 30, 2022
Location: Washington, DC

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Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. President, I rise today in support of Jerry Kang, President Biden's nominee to serve on the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities.

As you know, the foundation serves sectors of our economy that continue to face tremendous need and uncertainty in the wake of the pandemic.

During this trying time, it is critically important that we confirm qualified individuals who are eager to serve and support.

This nomination has been reviewed by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on a bipartisan basis, and we are waiting on the Senate to confirm him so he can get to work.

It is past time that we confirm qualified nominees so that the Federal Government has a team in place--the team that it needs to operate and support our constituents.

As an ex-officio member of the National Council on the Arts, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate consider the following nomination: Calendar No. 729, Jerry Kang, of California, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2026; that the Senate vote on the nomination without intervening action or debate; that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table; and that any statements related to the nomination be printed in the Record.

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Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. President, not only did Jerry Kang get recommended by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on a bipartisan basis, but he is a scholar and has a very important reputation.

Half of his work deals with communication and the internet on matters such as privacy and pervasive computing and virtual communities. The other half, by his own description, deals with civil rights and race. And he is probably best known for his works on implicit bias.

These are critical topics, and we should be eager to have somebody of Professor Kang's caliber and commitment on the Foundation on the Arts and Humanities, and so I am certainly disappointed to hear the objection from the Republican side.

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