Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 1612, I call up the bill (S. 4199) to authorize additional district judges for the district courts and convert temporary judgeships, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Kim of California) pursuant to House Resolution 1612, the bill is considered read. The text of the bill is as follows: S. 4199 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved Act of 2024'' or the ``JUDGES Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Article III of the Constitution of the United States gives Congress the power to establish judgeships in the district courts of the United States. (2) Congress has not created a new district court judgeship since 2003 and has not enacted comprehensive judgeship legislation since 1990. (3) This represents the longest period of time since district courts of the United States were established in 1789 that Congress has not authorized any new permanent district court judgeships. (4) By the end of fiscal year 2022, filings in the district courts of the United States had increased by 30 percent since the last comprehensive judgeship legislation.…”