WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), a member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, spoke during the weekly Senate Republican leadership press conference to urge his Senate colleagues to support Gina Haspel’s nomination to serve as the next Director of the CIA.

Following are Blunt’s Full Remarks from the Press Conference:

“Regarding Gina Haspel, she is the most qualified person to ever be nominated to run the CIA. She has the best background, the best preparation, I think she’s exactly the right person, at exactly the right time, which is why she has this broad base of bipartisan support from individuals who have dealt with the CIA over the three decades she has been here.

“General Hayden, the other day, said she was exactly the person he would want in the room with the president when the facts had to be put on the table. She will be a master of those facts, she will be an important part of protecting the country, and it will send a great signal to the people that defend us.”