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On the recordDecember 21, 2010
These judges have made glowing reports on Judge Benita Pearson, who has been a magistrate, a CPA, practiced privately, worked for the U.S. Attorney's Office. She will be the first African- American woman to sit on the Federal bench in Ohio. She has been supported by Senator Voinovich and a bipartisan commission of 17 lawyers who picked her. She is a great choice. I ask the concurrence of my colleagues. I yield to Senator Udall. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Colorado.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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