On the recordOctober 24, 2020
Mr. President, I rise today to offer my support for confirming Louisiana native Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court of the United States. Deciding whether to confirm a Justice to the highest Court in the land is among the most important duties and privileges that a Senator has. We must consider the qualifications of the nominee the President puts forward and determine a nominee's fitness to serve. In this case, President Donald Trump made a terrific selection in Amy Coney Barrett. The Senate will vote on her confirmation in the coming days, and I will proudly cast my vote to confirm. Here is why: Judge Barrett is incredibly qualified to serve on the Court. She graduated summa cum laude from Notre Dame Law School, clerked for the late-Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, and spent 15 years in academia shaping a new generation of legal minds. According to her students, she was not an ideologue but, rather, she would listen and take their thoughts and process them and bring them to a better knowledge of the law. With that, she has been universally praised by her former students and ultimately served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Her record and experience show that she is ready for the Supreme Court. There is some home-State pride. Judge Barrett was raised in Metairie, LA, and is a graduate of St. Mary's Dominican High School.…





