Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I first spoke in favor of the nomination of Judge Joseph A. Greenaway for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit when I introduced him to the Judiciary Committee on September 10. This has been a long 5-month process, unnecessarily long for a good man and a noncontroversial nominee who was once unanimously approved by this Chamber under Republican leadership, and I might add received the full support, the unanimous support of the Judiciary Committee. Yet the minority has continued to delay his confirmation along with many others. If confirmed, he would be only the 15th of President Obama's circuit or district court nominees to be confirmed despite more than 100 vacancies on the Federal bench. Having said that, today we are finally here to vote on the nomination of a man who fully embodies respect for justice and the rule of law that should have made this a simple, clear, easy choice. Let me briefly repeat his impeccable qualifications. At the age of 38, Justice Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr., was appointed by President Clinton to the Federal bench and has served for over a dozen years with distinction. He earned a bachelor of arts from Columbia University where he was honored, in 1997, with the Columbia University Medal of Excellence and with the John Jay Award in 2003. He earned his J.D. from Harvard Law where he was a member of the Harvard Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Review, and an Earl Warren Legal Scholar.…”