Byron Dorgan: “I want to work with President Bush. We have had two Republican nominees for judges in the east and west districts of…”

“I want to work with President Bush. We have had two Republican nominees for judges in the east and west districts of North Dakota in the last year and a half. I have been pleased to work with President Bush on their nominations. We now have investiture of a Republican judge in the western district of North Dakota, someone I supported--a Republican but someone I strongly supported. He will be a fine Federal judge. I know I am going to be proud of him. There is a nominee before the Judiciary Committee for the east district in Fargo. I likewise have strong support for that nominee of President Bush. I think he will be a fine Federal judge. He is a Republican. But the fact is he will, I think, make us proud of the Federal bench. I am very pleased to say that the President chose well. He consulted with us. And I was very supportive of the two judges who will now assume the bench in the Federal districts of North Dakota.”