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“again, we are moving forward under the regular order and procedures of the Senate. This year, we have been in session for about 32 days, including today. During that time we will have confirmed 12 judges. That is an average of better than 1 confirmation for every 3 days. With the confirmations today, the Senate will have confirmed nearly 74 percent of President Obama's Article III judicial nominations. Today, we turn to three more judicial nominations. Ronnie Abrams is nominated to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York. She graduated with a B.A. from Cornell University in 1990. She received her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1993. Upon law school graduation, she clerked for Honorable Thomas P. Griesa of the United State District Court for the Southern District of New York. From 1994 to 1998 she worked as an associate on civil matters at David Polk and Wardwell. In 1998, Ms. Abrams joined the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division. She handled a variety of criminal cases, inducing ones involving the sexual exploitation of children, bank robbery, immigration, identity theft and money laundering. She also served in the Narcotics, Violent Crime and Public Corruption Units. From 2004 to 2008, Ms. Abrams served in a supervisory role at the United States Attorney's Office, as either Deputy Chief or Chief of the Criminal Division. In 2008, Ms.…”