Members of tracking the cares acting were discussing how congress could do everything from further strengthening to help response and ensuring. And a second epidemic of frivolous lawsuits does not redirect the National Recovery into a trial lawyer bonanza. In the floor, where feeling they can season the federal government. Today we will confirm bill to lead the National Counterintelligence and security center. As a nation grapples with challenges at home, it is critically important that a full complement of skilled professionals keep a close watch on our adversaries and competitors. The nomination will make him the first Senate Confirmed director of the ncsc. This role represent the government single most expert and counterintelligence. Fortunately this nominee for three decades as a special agent with the fbi, chief of the cias counter sb not group. That is one of the principal to the National Director of national intelligence. His long professional experience has given him a welltrained i and is made clear in his focus on the most serious espionage threatses facing our country today. Chinas insidious efforts to steal our industrial governmental technological and political secrets and russias continuing efforts to metal in our democracy. So we have a qualified professional who is tailormade for an important job. Our colleagues in the Intelligence Committee reporting out on an unanimous bipartisan basis twice. Thece vice chairman has, he should be confirmed without further delay. But even still, our democratic colleagues chooseos to obstruct his nomination on the floor this week and require full day of floor time to confirm it. Ironically, at the same time, weve also heard somee of the democratic colleagues complain that we spent too much time voting, too much time voting. It is bad enough to spend three years, three years, delaying nomination to a historic degree and deliberately making process painful but reaches a new level of irony my democratic friends to do all this and then complain that their own strategy is inconveniencing their schedules. The matters of government do not cease because of the coronavirus. And then do not cease because of partisanship either. A lot of the Senate Democrats make i qualified nominees travel the hard way including someone who in their own democratic Ranking Member has openly praised, then i assume, that i will assure them, we will continue to show a castable its pretty the business will not go undone. Speaking of nominations, this morning colleagues on the Judiciary Committee examining the qualification to judge justin walker. Judge walker is a fellow kentuckian. It is a district judge for the Western District of kentucky and is present trumps nominee the courtom of appeals for the district of columbia. Im grateful to chairman graham and all of the other germans who are finding ways to conduct an important business. The senate is demonstrating that the work of governing must and cant continue. Albeit in new ways. So tourist but this time of social distancing, im going to offer my introduction here in the floor instead of over and the committee. Since judge walker serves the people of kentucky in federal d district bench, hes wasted no time expanding his strong reputation for intellectual brilliance, legal action and total fairness and impartiality. In just the last few weeks, judge walker has won National Attention for eloquent and persuasive opinion that forcefully defended kentuckians basic First Amendment freedom of religion. And entered all call qualified ready from left lane American Bar Association the Senate Democrats like my friend the democratic leader, frequently esdescribed as the gold standar. So me say that again, and spend just a couple of weeks, most simultaneously, judge walker is one praise from religious freedom activist nationwide and the approval of the aba which events whole the gold standard. That illustrates the kind of individual the committee is considering this morning. Already judge walkers reputation as a brilliant eagle rising star precedes him when you consider the full scope of his education and experience, it is hardly a surprise. Judge walker graduated from Duke University summa money, Harvard Law School graduate magna cum laude and he edited the law review. At the gym then judge kavanaugh, and anthony kennedy. He learned of the elbows of legal giants. Then he movedte on to skilled fr formants is. And then to distinguish scholarship the professor of Global Law School with an expertise in national security, administer and and the separation ofow powers. Indeed, an impressive record. But as kentucky secretary of state, mike adams recently judge walker is more than just a cd. Outpouring praise from his peers and colleagues who know him well. Hundred kentucky lawyers, many of them practice before judge walker road to praise his coverage to apply president s faithfully. Ly sixteen state attorney generals growth to share their confidence in judge walkers ability to weigh the facts against the law. As it is written not as it wishes to be. Some is the present, im confident that her colleagues and the committee will findes ts nominee is a generational legal mind, a kind heart, and total judicial impartiality. President trump made an outstanding choice when he asked this kentuckian to take his Public Service to the next level. I am confident that judge walker will not disappoint. So i urge the committee to produce nomination and i look to voting confirm that soon. Aaron the senate floor. Mr. President , todays the first day of National Nurses week. Celebrating the contribution of nurses. Today seen by the fitting data can out of the floor and talk with the contributions of nurses and other essential workers over the past couple of months. We think about heroism, we tend to think of striking actions that take place in extreme circumstances. Running into burning buildings, ju