Political Quotes

“Madam President, this week, the Senate will consider three judicial nominees for the Northern District of Ohio. Before I speak on the nominees themselves, I would like to commend Senators Brown and Portman for working across the aisle to develop a bipartisan selection process. All three of these nominees were recommended to the White House through a judicial commission that Senators Brown and Portman established. As Senator Portman noted at our hearing on these nominees, the members of the bipartisan screening commission committed significant time and effort to ensure that they recommended well-qualified candidates for the bench. As a result of that process, we will soon vote on three distinguished nominees. The first nominee to the Northern District of Ohio is Bridget Brennan. For almost 15 years, Ms. Brennan has served as a prosecutor, rising through the ranks of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio. Last year, as a testament to her skills and leadership, she was named Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. Ms. Brennan has a wide breadth of experience, having led her office's Civil Rights and Criminal Divisions. She has received a ``Qualified'' rating from the American Bar Association, has the strong support of Senators Brown and Portman, and received a bipartisan vote in the Judiciary Committee. Ms.…”