Political Quotes

“I have come to the floor to urge my colleagues to support the nomination of John Owens to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. This was approved by the Judiciary Committee without dissent. I would like to quickly mention his qualifications. He received his bachelor's with high distinction from the University of California in 1993 and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated first in his class at Stanford Law School in 1996. From 1996 to 1997 he was law clerk to Judge J. Clifford Wallace, a noted conservative jurist appointed by President Nixon to the Ninth Circuit. He then went on to serve as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. In 2001 John Owens became a Federal prosecutor, joining the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles, California. He began in the general crimes section, prosecuting a wide variety of violent crimes--drug crimes. He also served in the public corruption and government fraud section. From 2004 to 2012, he served in the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Diego. There, primarily his focus was prosecuting complex crimes, including fraud, health care, money laundering, public corruption, and national security. He has had occasion to receive more than one award, among them the Director's Award for Superior Performance from the Justice Department. Mr.…”