Political Quotes

“today the Senate will confirm two more judicial nominees, which will be the 52nd and 53rd article III confirmations of this Congress. We have confirmed 17 judges in the past 30 days. I may sound like a broken record, but despite what others have said, we have and continue to make real progress on consensus nominees. We have taken positive action on 85 percent of the judicial nominees submitted by President Obama this year. Over 91 percent of nominees submitted during President Obama's Presidency have had their hearing. With these votes, only during 8 of the last 30 years has the Senate confirmed more judicial nominees than we have done during this year. I would like to say a few words about the nominees, both of whom I support. Scott Wesley Skavdahl is nominated to be a district court judge for the District of Wyoming. He is a graduate from the University of Wyoming and their College of Law. Judge Skavdahl began his legal career in 1992 as an associate attorney at the law firm of Brown, Drew, Massey & Sullivan. After 2 years with the firm, he departed for a 3-year clerkship with the Honorable William F. Downes on the District Court for the District of Wyoming. In 1997, he returned to private practice at the firm Williams, Porter, Day & Neville, where he made partner in 2000. From 2001 to 2003, Judge Skavdahl served as a part-time U.S. magistrate judge. He also served as a State district judge for the Seventh Judicial District of Wyoming from 2003 to 2011.…”