Douglas Alexander: “I join the majority leader. The President has made a wise decision. I respectfully say, in choosing Sandy Mattice, by…”

“I join the majority leader. The President has made a wise decision. I respectfully say, in choosing Sandy Mattice, by scholarship, by experience, by integrity, by background he should be an excellent judge. I should say, also, that he follows an excellent judge, Al Edgar. We are contemporaries. We grew up at the same time, same age, in towns close to one another. Sandy Mattice has big shoes to fill, but he will fill them well; he is well-qualified. I salute the President for his outstanding appointment and I join the majority leader in expressing my pride in the nomination and look forward to his confirmation. ____________________”