Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey called efforts to block President Donald Trump’s cabinet picks a “disgrace” during an interview on Talk Radio 1210, WPHT today.

Toomey specifically referenced steps taken by Democrats to block Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) issued the following statement regarding the vote to confirm Dr. Tom Price as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services:

"Dr. Price will be a terrific HHS Secretary and I am delighted to vote to confirm him.

"None of the prior 22 HHS secretaries has the breadth of experience in both medicine and policy as Dr. Tom Price, who has been a successful surgeon with more than 20 years of practice.

"Dr. Price has a unique, well-informed perspective on the strengths and weaknesses of the health care system. He has put forward thoughtful approaches to reform health care so patients and their doctors - not bureaucrats - are in charge of medical decisions. He has also worked tirelessly to strengthen the Medicare program on behalf of millions of senior citizens.

"The job of HHS secretary is critical to undoing the damage caused by Obamacare. Dr. Price understands that as we transition to a better health care system where Americans have more affordable choices in coverage, we must not pull the rug out from under anyone who is currently covered by Obamacare. Dr. Tom Price is the right person for this job."

jerseyhoya wrote:Toomey is great. Have been puzzled and amused at the reaction here toward him with DeVos. Whoa, politician who has advocated school choice throughout his career backed a DoE nom who is there because she backs school choice.

Never understood why anyone thought his vote might be in play on DeVos. And the idea that the vote was precipitated by donations rather than the fact that he's supported disrupting the education establishment his entire political career is especially good. I imagine Bob Casey's teacher union donations aren't seen quite as instrumentally on the DeVos vote by most.

jerseyhoya wrote:Toomey is great. Have been puzzled and amused at the reaction here toward him with DeVos. Whoa, politician who has advocated school choice throughout his career backed a DoE nom who is there because she backs school choice.

Never understood why anyone thought his vote might be in play on DeVos. And the idea that the vote was precipitated by donations rather than the fact that he's supported disrupting the education establishment his entire political career is especially good. I imagine Bob Casey's teacher union donations aren't seen quite as instrumentally on the DeVos vote by most.

CalvinBall wrote:Wonder how much longer Flynn and Spicer last. Best people!

Warszawa wrote:I wish McGinty wasn't the worse candidate in the history of the democratic party

thephan wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:Wonder how much longer Flynn and Spicer last. Best people!

They will go post to post. Never admit a mistake. Rollover it like a tank.

jerseyhoya wrote:Toomey is great. Have been puzzled and amused at the reaction here toward him with DeVos. Whoa, politician who has advocated school choice throughout his career backed a DoE nom who is there because she backs school choice.

Never understood why anyone thought his vote might be in play on DeVos. And the idea that the vote was precipitated by donations rather than the fact that he's supported disrupting the education establishment his entire political career is especially good. I imagine Bob Casey's teacher union donations aren't seen quite as instrumentally on the DeVos vote by most.

In an earlier interview with The Post, Flynn acknowledged that he had been paid through his speakers bureau to give a speech at the event and defended his attendance by saying he saw no distinction between RT and U.S. news channels, including CNN.

thephan wrote:Good to see lotus getting littl see r&r in FL this weekend. 2 weekends in 3 weeks. That is getting expensive email to the tax payers.

All these Trumps are getting damned expensive.

Last month, taxpayers forked over nearly $100,000 to protect Eric Trump while he was on a business trip to Uruguay. And the Defense Department is looking to rent space in Trump Tower — which goes for as much as $1.5 million a year per floor — so they can bring the nuclear launch codes along when the president comes to visit his wife in New York.

The mere idea of Donald Trump and the nuclear codes is way more disturbing than the money. But still, critics claim that Melania Trump’s decision not to move into the White House is costing the country more in security than the annual budget for the National Endowment for the Arts.

Conservatives used to have a field day complaining about the high cost of moving the Obamas around. The future President Trump himself once tweeted: “The habitual vacationer, @BarackObama, is now in Hawaii. This vacation is costing taxpayers $4 million +++ while there is 20% unemployment.”

The unemployment rate was not, at the time, anywhere near 20 percent. And last weekend Trump happily ran up a federal bill of around $3 million for a trip to Mar-a-Lago where he watched the Super Bowl and dropped in on a Red Cross ball, which presumably brought his resort a hefty fee.

Yeah, it’s the profit-making end of the story that’s so irritating. When Eric Trump went to Uruguay, his mission was to promote Trump Tower Punta del Este. “We’re going to have an amazing company,” Eric told the local media, adding that his father was going to do “amazing things for the United States.” And that Dad would be “an incredible commander in chief.” The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, adjective-wise.

Those continuing financial interests around the world are a huge problem — you probably noticed that the immigration ban on Muslim-majority countries didn’t include the ones in which the president had hotels or condos or golf courses? And he’s never going to do anything to fix it. When Trump was calling for better ethics in Washington, he only wanted us to drain the other guys’ swamp.

pacino wrote:Jason Chaffetz, like Pat Toomey and Donald Trump, thinks the protestors he saw were outside agitators .