- October 30, 2017
Senator Lankford joins Leader McConnell, Senate Republicans, and Religious Liberty Groups for Press Conference MONDAY
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator James Lankford (R-OK), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and other Republican Senators will hold a press conference on the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
WHAT: Press Conference on the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett
WHO: Senator James Lankford, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Senator Todd Young (R-IN), Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) join Professor Mark Rienzi (Becket Fund for Religious Liberty), Joshua McCaig (Catholic Bar Association), and Penny Young Nance (Concerned Women for America)
WHEN: Monday, October 30, 2017, 3 pm CT
WHERE: LBJ Room (S-211), The Capitol
During her confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee in September, Barrett was pushed by Democrat Senators to explain how her religious beliefs would affect her position on the bench. The Senate is scheduled to vote on Barrett’s nomination this week.
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