Political Quotes

“I am pleased to be joining my colleague from New Jersey Senator Booker in his recommendation to the President of Judge Martinotti and today on the floor in support of his confirmation. It was one of Senator Booker's first opportunities to recommend to the President an exemplary recommendation that again I was very pleased to support. I rise to express to all of my colleagues my wholehearted, enthusiastic support of Brian Martinotti's nomination and his confirmation by the Senate to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. In his life and in his career, he has shown himself to be a judge with the necessary wisdom, experience, and judicial temperament the district court requires. For well over a decade, he has been a superior court judge in Bergen County, NJ, which--for my colleagues who may not be familiar with the State--is a densely populated county, with all the inherent needs for someone such as Judge Martinotti, who has repeatedly shown the intellect, the judicial temperament, and the observance of precedent-- which I know is very important to many of my colleagues--that it takes to make a fair judgment based on the law.…”