Political Quotes

“Madam President, I rise in support of the nominations of Debra M. Brown to be U.S. district judge for the Northern District of Mississippi and Gregory Howard Woods to be U.S. district judge for the Southern District of New York. Before we vote on these nominations, I want to inform my fellow Senators and the American people once again on the excellent progress we have made on nominations and the fair treatment of President Obama's nominees. With these confirmations today, the Senate will have confirmed 38 lower court article III judicial nominees this year. Despite what I frequently hear--that this President is being treated differently than President Bush--President Obama is clearly ahead of where President Bush was at a similar timeframe, meaning at this time in his second term. The 38 confirmations this year is more than 2\1/2\ times the number confirmed at a similar stage in President Bush's second term, when only 14 judicial nominees had been confirmed. In fact, for the entire fifth year of President Bush's term, only 21 lower court judges were confirmed. Again, in President Obama's fifth year we will have confirmed 38 nominees after today's votes. In addition to the robust pace of activity on the floor, the committee has had an aggressive schedule of hearings and business meetings taking action on many more nominees. In total, the Senate will have confirmed 207 lower court article III judges. We have voted against three nominees.…”