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Patrick Leahy: “Today we consider Mr. Tymkovich as the fourth of President Bush's nominees to this circuit to be considered by the…”

On the recordApril 1, 2003
Today we consider Mr. Tymkovich as the fourth of President Bush's nominees to this circuit to be considered by the Senate. Three of the nominees to the Tenth Circuit were given hearings and confirmed during the time I was chairman of the Judiciary Committee. President Bush sent up Harris Hartz of New Mexico to the Tenth Circuit. I arranged to get him a hearing and vote on the floor. In fact, I voted for him. President Bush sent up Terrence O'Brien of Wyoming. I arranged to get him a hearing and a vote on the floor. I voted for him. President Bush sent up Michael McConnell of Utah, a highly controversial, extraordinarily conservative nominee, heavily backed by the Federalist Society and others. I arranged to get a hearing for him, and I voted for him. I mention that because it is in stark contrast to the treatment of President Clinton's nominees to vacancies on the Tenth Circuit.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the nomination of Mr. Tymkovich and the treatment of judicial nominees.

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