Brooks Asks Senator Doug Jones to Vote to Confirm Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State

Washington, DC— Monday morning, Congressman Mo Brooks sent a letter to the Senate office of Senator Doug Jones urging Senator Jones to vote to confirm Mike Pompeo, President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State.

Congressman Brooks said, “I urge Senator Jones to vote to confirm Mike Pompeo for Secretary of State. I personally know Mike Pompeo. He has an impeccable reputation, graduated first in his class at West Point, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army, graduated Harvard Law School (where he made Law Review), and has served capably and honorably as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.”

Congressman Brooks continued, “With the upcoming vote on Mike Pompeo, Senator Jones has the opportunity to keep his campaign promise to be bipartisan and put the interest of America above the partisan obstructionism that has plagued the Senate for years.”

Congressman Brooks concluded, “Each president of the United States has the right to select his cabinet and, absent some major nominee flaw, it is incumbent upon the Senate to confirm those nominees so that the president can put together the team he needs to properly carry out his duties. Mike Pompeo has no major, disqualifying flaw. As such, I ask and hope Senator Jones will put aside partisanship and defer to the wishes and judgment of President Trump and vote to confirm Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State.”

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