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“today, the Senate considers the nomination of Michael Francis Urbanski to fill a judicial vacancy on the District Court for the Western District of Virginia. I thank the majority leader for scheduling the vote today on this nomination, as well as the vote yesterday on another nomination to fill a vacancy in Virginia. With vacancies at 90 in Federal courts throughout the country, I hope that we can continue to work together in the remaining weeks of this work period to ensure that the Federal judiciary has the resources it needs to fulfill its constitutional role. Our action to take up and vote on these nominations from Virginia, and to come to a time agreement to debate and vote on the long-delayed nomination of Ed Chen to the Northern District of California earlier this week, show that the delays that have slowed our progress on nominations are unnecessary. Judge Urbanski has been a magistrate judge for 7 years on the court to which has now been nominated. Previously, he was in private practice in Roanoke, VA, and Washington, DC, and was a law clerk to the Western District of Virginia Judge James C. Turk. Judge Urbanski's nomination has the support of both of his home State Senators, Senator Webb and Senator Warner. His nomination was reported unanimously by the Judiciary Committee over a month ago. I expect that it will be unanimously confirmed today.…”