U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, issued the following statement regarding U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) and Senate Democrats’ decision to launch the so-called “nuclear option”:

“This power grab by Leader Reid and Senate Democrats is simply an attempt to shift the focus away from the disastrous ObamaCare roll-out. The Democrats decided all on their own to involve the government in every American’s health care. Now, the Democrats want to make decisions all on their own about every federal judge. Neither of these things will produce a result the American people deserve.”