Political Quotes

“Madam President, in a few minutes, the Senate is going to vote on the confirmation of Judge Nancy Maldonado to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, which the Acting President pro tempore and I know very well. Since the beginning of the Biden administration, the Senate has confirmed 201 highly qualified, independent, evenhanded judges to the Federal bench. They represent the best of our legal system-- demographically and professionally diverse; they respect the rule of law; they adhere to precedent; and they answer only to the Constitution. We should add another to that list today--Judge Maldonado, an accomplished litigator and distinguished jurist, who will be a great asset to the Seventh Circuit. She graduated from Harvard College and Columbia Law School. She clerked for U.S. District Judge Ruben Castillo--a retired judge, my friend, and an esteemed jurist in the Northern District. Following her clerkship, Judge Maldonado spent nearly 20 years at a firm specializing in employment, civil rights, and fraud matters. Throughout her career, she tried several cases to verdict, judgment, or final decision. In addition, she was appointed by the Cook County State's Attorney's Office to serve as a special assistant, tasked with investigating fraud. From 2019 to 2022, she was appointed by the Illinois attorney general to serve as a consent decree monitor in two matters and as a special assistant AG to investigate consumer fraud.…”