Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I wish to express my strong support for California Superior Court Judge Josephine Staton Tucker, who will be confirmed today to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Judge Tucker was recommended to the President by my colleague, Senator Feinstein, and will be a great addition to the Federal bench. Judge Tucker has had a distinguished career. After graduating from Harvard Law School, she served as a Federal clerk for Judge Gibson of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Following her clerkship, she practiced labor and employment law at Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco and Irvine, CA, becoming a partner at the firm in 1995. In 2002, she was appointed by then-Governor Gray Davis to the Orange County Superior Court. I congratulate Judge Tucker and her family on this important day, and wish her the best as she begins her tenure as a Federal judge. Mr. President, I yield the floor. I ask that the time in the quorum call be charged to both sides equally. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.”