Political Quotes

“today the Senate is considering the nomination of Cathy Ann Bencivengo to be U.S. district judge for the Southern District of California. I support this nomination which will fill the vacancy that has been created by Judge Jeffrey Miller taking senior status. I would also note that this vacancy has been designated as a judicial emergency. After today, the Senate will have confirmed 126 nominees to our article III courts. I would note that even as we continue to reduce judicial vacancies, the majority of vacancies have no nominee. In fact, 46 of 86 vacancies have no nomination. Furthermore, 18 of the 33 seats designated judicial emergencies have no nominee. So when I hear comments about ``unprecedented'' vacancy rates, I would ask my colleagues and the other interested parties to look first to the White House. The fact is, the Senate is doing its job in providing advice and consent to the President's judicial nominees. Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo presently serves as a U.S. magistrate judge for the Southern District of California. She was appointed to that court in 2005. She received a bachelor of arts from the Rutgers University in 1980, a masters from Rutgers in 1981, and her juris doctorate from University of Michigan Law School in 1988. Upon graduating law school, Judge Bencivengo became an associate at the law firm DLA Piper. There, she worked as a civil litigator, primarily handling intellectual property cases. In 1996, she became a partner at DLA Piper.…”