Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I thank the Senator for allowing me to go for 3 minutes here before he has the next turn. I appreciate that. I come to the floor as some of our colleagues have done already, and we just heard from the great Senator from New York, to discuss the nomination of Caitlin Halligan to the D.C. Circuit Court. Caitlin Halligan is currently the General Counsel at the New York County District Attorney's Office. New York County is just another name for Manhattan, so we are talking about a big county and a big office. In fact, it handles about 100,000 criminal cases each year. Before that, she was Solicitor General of the State of New York for 6 years and the head of the appellate practice at a major law firm. She also clerked on both the D.C. Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court and has argued five cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. That is a resume. The nonpartisan American Bar Association committee that reviews every Federal judicial nominee gave Halligan its highest possible rating, and over 100 women law professors and deans wrote a letter saying Halligan is exceptionally qualified to serve on the D.C. Circuit. There is no question that she has the experience, ability, and intellect to sit on the Federal bench. It is also important to recognize that she is not an ideological or partisan nominee.…”