Dick Durbin Leads Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing To Discuss Pending Nominations
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00:00The agenda will vote on five judicial nominees, two nominees to the U.S. Sentencing Commission,
00:05two U.S. Attorney nominees, and one U.S. Marshal nominee.
00:08There's also one bill on the agenda that will be held over again, S. 1306, COPS Reauthorization
00:13Act.
00:15The first nominee we will consider today is Judge Nancy Maldonado, nominated to the U.S.
00:20Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
00:23In addition to a unanimous well-qualified rating from the ABA, she has the strong support
00:27of Senator Duckworth and myself.
00:29Judge Maldonado graduated from Harvard, Columbia Law, before clerking for my friend, U.S. District
00:36Judge Ruben Castillo on the Northern District.
00:39She then began her career at a law firm specializing in plaintiff-side employment, civil rights,
00:43and fraud cases.
00:44She has also served the people of Cook County as a Special Assistant State's Attorney and
00:48the people of Illinois as a Special Assistant Attorney General, tasked in both cases with
00:53investigating fraud.
00:55In 2022, she was confirmed on a bipartisan basis to the Northern District, became the
01:00first Hispanic woman to serve as an Article III judge in Illinois.
01:04I want to take a moment to address questions that have been raised concerning the number
01:08of motions pending before her.
01:11In her nearly two years on the bench, Judge Maldonado has presided over almost 1,000 cases,
01:18ruled on thousands of motions, and issued approximately 300 substantive decisions.
01:23Of the nearly 1,000 cases that have been assigned to her, she has resolved over 650
01:29since October 2022.
01:31Notably, she has never, never been reversed by a reviewing court, not once.
01:37The claim that she does not move cases quickly enough ignores how cases have been assigned
01:42and resolved in the Northern District.
01:45For example, three district judges left the Northern District within the first three months
01:49that she joined the bench, meaning that she received an unusual number of reassigned cases
01:54on top of her initial batch of assigned cases.
01:58Because district court rules preclude reassigning a case more than once within 12 months, judges
02:04who were confirmed after her could not receive many of the cases that had already been assigned
02:08to her.
02:10Throughout her time on the bench, she's demonstrated a commitment to carefully resolving cases
02:14in a way that ensures litigants feel they're being treated fairly in her courtroom, and
02:19she's issued opinions that carefully apply law to the facts.
02:23I look forward to supporting her nomination.
02:26Today we also voted on the nomination of Georgia Alexis Alexakis to the U.S. District Court
02:32for the Northern District of Illinois, a first-generation American.
02:35She was raised in Chicago, attended Harvard and Northwestern Law, clerked on both the
02:40Ninth Circuit and Northern District of Illinois before beginning her career in private practice.
02:45Since 2013, she served as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District.
02:50She was previously in the Office of Civil Rights and Hate Crimes, which required her
02:55to work closely with the FBI.
02:57She now serves as Chief of Appeals and has spent a significant amount of time litigating
03:01before both the Northern District and the Seventh Circuit.
03:04She'll be a strong addition to the federal bench.
03:07With that, I'm turned to Ranking Member Graham and then Senator Grassley for opening remarks.
03:13Senator Grassley, I'll defer to you.
03:15Okay?
03:16Then I'll say something.
03:17Go ahead.
03:18Mr. Chairman, I'm just going to...
03:19Your mic?
03:20Sure.
03:21I'm going to speak about the two nominees for U.S. Attorney for Iowa, and I've kind
03:27of had an experience over a year long dealing with the White House on this, similar to what
03:34Senator Tillis told us, that he has had problems with some judgeships, but I'm glad that we've
03:41reached these agreements.
03:43I'm pleased that this morning we'll be considering the nominations of David Waterman, Matthew
03:48Gannon, nominated by President Biden to be U.S. Attorneys for the Northern District and
03:54the Southern Districts of Iowa, and that's respectively as I named them.
03:59I joined with my colleague, Joni Ernst, in supporting these two outstanding Iowans.
04:06Mr. Waterman is a fifth-generation lawyer at Davenport Law Firm of Lane and Waterman.
04:12Previously, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Appellate and Criminal Division
04:17of the U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District, Florida.
04:21In addition, Mr. Waterman served as a judicial law clerk for three federal court judges,
04:28Judge Michael Malloy of the Eighth Circuit, Judge Mark Bennett, Northern District Judge,
04:38and Judge John Harvey, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.
04:44Mr. Waterman received his B.A., summa cum laude, George Washington University, Master's
04:50in Philosophy, University of Cambridge, and his J.D. degree from the University of California,
04:56Los Angeles School of Law.
04:59Mr. Gannon served as the first assistant attorney general for the Iowa Department of Justice
05:05under former Attorney General Tom Miller.
05:08Previously, he served as an assistant attorney general for the Iowa Department of Justice
05:13and as an associate at the Washington, D.C., law firm of Arnold and Porter.
05:19Mr. Gannon received his B.A. degree magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame
05:25and his J.D. with high honors from the University of Iowa College of Law.
05:31I'm confident that these two highly qualified nominees will faithfully serve the people
05:37of Iowa.
05:38I endorse both.
05:41I want to emphasize that both Joni Ernst and I have returned the blue slips on these people.
05:50I've been told that some of the colleagues on my side of the aisle may vote against
05:55them.
05:56I hope that they would take into consideration that when we had blue slips from two Republican
06:02senators of the same state, I've tried to honor that compromise, and I'd appreciate
06:09the same respect.
06:11Thank you.
06:12Thank you, Senator Grassley, and before I recognize Senator Graham, let me say that
06:18thank you for turning in the blue slips with a Democratic president for two people you
06:23believe in that could serve as U.S. attorneys.
06:27Since last June, one of our fellow senators, a junior senator from Ohio, has put a hold
06:34on U.S. attorneys to protest the treatment of the former president.
06:38I hope he'll reconsider.
06:40We need good people from both sides of the aisle to serve in these capacities.
06:45Senator Graham?
06:46Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
06:48Yesterday, we dismissed impeachment charges against Secretary Mauricius that were delivered
06:56by the House, and the rationale by the majority leader was that the conduct in question did
07:02not arise to a high crime or misdemeanor under the Constitution.
07:06Well, Article II, I'm not going to bore the committee with a lengthy dissertation, basically
07:12accuses Secretary Mauricius of misleading and lying to the Congress about the status
07:17of our situation on the border.
07:20If that's not a high crime or misdemeanor, I don't know what would be.
07:24We pitched President Clinton for giving false testimony in a civil deposition involving
07:31a civil lawsuit.
07:33So what's the concern?
07:37Secretary Mauricius has been misleading the country and the public, and my concern is
07:43about parole.
07:44I asked him in November 2023, do you do a case-by-case analysis?
07:49This is to Mauricius, Senator, we comply with the law.
07:53So there's a file for all 240,000 where somebody determined they met the two criteria, urgent
08:00humanitarian need or significant public benefit.
08:04There's an individual determination made on all 240,000.
08:09I can see that.
08:10Yes, Senator.
08:11I'm asking for that.
08:12So in your opinion, 240,000 people were individually screened and granted parole.
08:19You're not blanket paroling people, are you?
08:22That is correct.
08:23So the bottom line is, what do we now know?
08:26That the parole statute requires parole to be limited to two things, urgent humanitarian
08:32need for the person, maybe your mother's dying, something going on that's really urgent,
08:37or you have a special benefit to our country, which may be you're witnessing a cartel trial.
08:43Not just to come into the country on parole because somebody at DHS wants to make you
08:48come into the country.
08:49So what have we learned?
08:50Two days ago, we learned that the man charged with killing Lakin Rowley, Mr. Ibarra, was
08:58paroled because there was no space in the El Paso detention facility for him.
09:07That's why he was paroled, due to detention capacity at the Central Processing Center
09:13in El Paso, Texas.
09:15That's not a valid reason to parole anybody.
09:19So I would argue this is Exhibit A of where the statute and the actions of the Secretary
09:27do not match, and the testimony that he gave to the Congress doesn't match.
09:32You've decided to dismiss this case without any inquiry, judicial, Senate review, first
09:40time in the history of the country, and the argument that you make is that the conduct
09:46alleged by the House doesn't rise to our crime or misdemeanor.
09:50That is stunningly bad for the Senate, bad for the country, and the only thing left now,
09:56I guess, for the American people is to decide this issue at the ballot box.
10:00But the Senate, in my view, yesterday went down a path that no other Senate in the history
10:06of the country has done, and that is to dismiss charges, serious in nature, without any really
10:14inquiry by the Senate itself.
10:16So very disappointing, and thank you for the time.
10:20I just want to add one point.
10:22Yesterday could have been much different.
10:23The first motion made by Senator Schumer was to a unanimous consent request, which
10:31would have created an opportunity for more discussion and debate.
10:35It was objected to by one Senator, the junior Republican Senator from Missouri.
10:40Otherwise, we would have had a much more fulsome experience than we did yesterday.
10:45Mr. Chairman.
10:46Senator Cornyn.
10:47Mr. Chairman, that really begs the question.
10:50The Constitution and the rules of the Senate require a trial, and what Senator Schumer
10:58proffered with a unanimous consent request was not a trial.
11:03It was some abbreviated debate on a motion to dismiss.
11:07So as the presiding officer acknowledged last night when I made a parliamentary inquiry,
11:16this sets a precedent in contrast to the requirements of the Senate rules in the Constitution,
11:22which would require a trial once the House votes on articles of impeachment and sends
11:28it to the Senate for a trial.
11:30This sets a new precedent.
11:31So what our Democratic colleagues have done is provided that if there is a future impeachment
11:38of a President of the United States, let's say by a democratically controlled House,
11:44and it's sent to the Senate, that that can be summarily disposed of without actually
11:50having a trial.
11:51That, to me, is a fundamental assault, really, on the institution of the Senate and on the
12:00Constitution and the Senate's rules.
12:02We now turn to the votes before us.
12:04First is Judge Nancy Maldonado, nominated to the Seventh Circuit of Appeals.
12:08Anyone seek recognition on her nomination?
12:10If not, the clerk will call the roll.
12:12Mr. Whitehouse.
12:13Aye.
12:14Ms. Klobuchar.
12:15Aye.
12:16Mr. Coons.
12:17Aye.
12:18Mr. Blumenthal.
12:19Aye.
12:20Ms. Hirono.
12:21Aye.
12:22Mr. Booker.
12:23Aye.
12:24Mr. Padilla.
12:25Aye.
12:26Mr. Assa.
12:27Aye.
12:28Mr. Welch.
12:29Aye.
12:30Ms. Butler.
12:31Aye.
12:32Mr. Graham.
12:33No.
12:34Mr. Grassley.
12:35No.
12:36Mr. Cornyn.
12:37No.
12:38Mr. Lee.
12:39No by proxy.
12:40Mr. Cruz.
12:41No by proxy.
12:42Mr. Cotton.
12:43No by proxy.
12:44Mr. Kennedy.
12:45No.
12:46Mr. Tillis.
12:47No.
12:48Mrs. Blackburn.
12:49No.
12:50Chair Durbin.
12:51Aye.
12:52Chair Durbin, on this vote, the ayes are 11, the nays are 10.
12:58Nomination will be favorably reported to the floor.
13:00Next is Georgia Alexakis, nominated to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District
13:05of Illinois.
13:06Does anyone seek recognition?
13:07If not, the clerk will call the roll.
13:08Mr. Whitehouse.
13:09Aye.
13:10Ms. Klobuchar.
13:11Aye.
13:12Mr. Coons.
13:13Aye.
13:14Mr. Blumenthal.
13:15Aye.
13:16Ms. Arrono.
13:17Aye.
13:18Mr. Booker.
13:19Aye.
13:20Mr. Padilla.
13:21Aye.
13:22Mr. Ossoff.
13:23Aye.
13:24Mr. Welch.
13:25Aye.
13:26Ms. Butler.
13:27Aye.
13:28Mr. Graham.
13:29Aye.
13:30Mr. Grassley.
13:31No.
13:32Mr. Cornyn.
13:33No.
13:34Mr. Lee.
13:35No by proxy.
13:36Mr. Cruz.
13:37No by proxy.
13:38Mr. Hawley.
13:39No by proxy.
13:40Mr. Kennedy.
13:41No.
13:42Mr. Tillis.
13:43Aye.
13:44Mrs. Lightburn.
13:45No.
13:46Mr. Durbin.
13:47Aye.
13:48Mr. Durbin, Ms. Lopey.
13:49Aye.
13:50Mr. Thirteen.
13:51The nays are eight.
13:52The nomination will be favorably reported to the floor.
13:53Next is Krissa Lanham.
13:54The U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.
13:55Does anyone seek recognition?
13:56If not, the clerk will call the roll.
13:57Mr. Whitehouse.
13:58Aye.
13:59Ms. Klobuchar.
14:00Aye.
14:01Mr. Blumenthal.
14:02Aye.
14:03Ms. Arrono.
14:04Aye.
14:05Mr. Coons.
14:06Aye.
14:07Ms. Arrono.
14:08Aye.
14:09Mr. Blumenthal.
14:10Aye.
14:11Ms. Arrono.
14:12Aye.
14:13Mr. Booker.
14:14Aye.
14:15Mr. Padilla.
14:16Aye.
14:17Mr. Ossoff.
14:18Aye.
14:19Mr. Welch.
14:20Aye.
14:21Ms. Butler.
14:22Aye.
14:23Mr. Graham.
14:24Aye.
14:25Mr. Grassley.
14:26No.
14:27Mr. Cornyn.
14:28No.
14:29Mr. Lee.
14:30No by proxy.
14:31Mr. Cruz.
14:32No by proxy.
14:33Mr. Hawley.
14:34No by proxy.
14:35Mr. Kennedy.
14:36No.
14:37Mr. Kennedy.
14:38No.
14:39Mr. Tillis.
14:40Aye.
14:41Mrs. Blackburn.
14:42No.
14:43Mr. Durbin.
14:44Aye.
14:45Mr. Durbin.
14:46I misspoke.
14:47The ayes are 13, the nays are 8.
14:48Nomination will be favorably reported to the floor.
14:49Next is Judge Angela Martinez to the District Court for the District of Arizona.
14:50If no one seeks recognition, the clerk will call the roll.
14:51Ms. Martinez.
14:52Aye.
14:53Mr. Durbin.
14:54Aye.
14:55Ms. Blackburn.
14:56No.
14:57Mr. Durbin.
14:58Aye.
14:59Ms. Blackburn.
15:00No.
15:01Mr. Durbin.
15:02Aye.
15:03Ms. Blackburn.
15:04Aye.
15:05Mr. Durbin.
15:06Aye.
15:07Ms. Blackburn.
15:08Aye.
15:09Ms. Blackburn.
15:10Aye.
15:11Mr. Durbin.
15:12Aye.
15:13Ms. Blackburn.
15:14Aye.
15:15Ms. Blackburn.
15:16Aye.
15:17Ms. Blackburn.
15:18Aye.
15:19Ms. Blackburn.
15:20Aye.
15:21Ms. Blackburn.
15:22Aye.
15:23Ms. Blackburn.
15:24Aye.
15:25Ms. Blackburn.
15:26Aye.
15:27Ms. Blackburn.
15:28Aye.
15:29Ms. Blackburn.
15:30Aye.
15:31Ms. Blackburn.
15:32Aye.
15:33Ms. Blackburn.
15:34Aye.
15:35Ms. Blackburn.
15:36Aye.
15:37Mr. Cruz.
15:38No.
15:39Mr. Foley.
15:40No.
15:41Mr. Kennedy.
15:42Mr. Tillis.
15:43No.
15:44Mr. Cotton.
15:45No.
15:46Ms. Blackburn.
15:47No.
15:48Mr. Durbin.
15:49Aye.
15:50Senator Tillis.
15:51Let the record indicate the Senator from North Carolina is not present.
15:52Mr. Tillis.
15:53Aye.
15:54Mr. Tillis.
15:55Aye.
15:56Mr. Tillis.
15:57Aye.
15:58Mr. Tillis.
15:59Aye.
16:00Mr. Tillis.
16:01Aye.
16:02Mr. Tillis.
16:03Aye.
16:04Mr. Tillis.
16:05Aye.
16:06The vote is ayes.
16:07Senator from North Carolina votes aye on this nominee.
16:08I'm sorry.
16:09Tillis was the new?
16:10He wanted.
16:11Aye.
16:12Aye.
16:13Okay.
16:14Got it.
16:15Want to announce a roll call?
16:16She's done.
16:17Great.
16:18On this vote, the ayes are 12, the nays are 9.
16:19The nomination will be favorably reported to the floor.
16:24Next is Sparkle Sukhnanan, nominated to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
16:28Does anyone seek recognition?
16:29Senator Hawley.
16:30Thank you.
16:31Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
16:33I had an interesting back and forth with Ms. Sukhnanan.
16:39She's an uncommon nominee, I have to say.
16:43This is an individual who represented a series of hedge funds who are trying to extract payments
16:50from Puerto Rico during a debt crisis, ultimately helping to force, I mean helping, ultimately
16:57forcing Puerto Rico into bankruptcy proceedings.
17:03She certainly, I mean, Ms. Sukhnanan, like any lawyer, is certainly entitled to represent
17:06whoever she wants.
17:08And I don't think there's any question, there's no question of ethical violations in terms
17:12of who her clients are.
17:13She can represent anybody.
17:15And I don't think she violated her ethical responsibilities in representing these folks.
17:20I just question her judgment in doing so.
17:23And when I asked her about the fact that she was lead counsel, strangely to me, she denied
17:28that she was.
17:29So I'd just like to enter into the record this article from the American Prospect, not
17:33exactly a conservative publication.
17:35The American Prospect, it's entitled, Mr. Chairman, Biden Nominee Asked About Discrepancies
17:39in Testimony.
17:42Thank you.
17:43And the point is this, if you look at the court filings, as this article details, she
17:49is the counsel of record, Ms. Sukhnanan is, in multiple of these proceedings with these
17:55hedge funds against Puerto Rico.
17:57The Jones Day website, that's the law firm for whom she works, praised her as the lead
18:04attorney.
18:05She was leading the team, representing a group of investors in bonds issued by Puerto Rico's
18:10pension system.
18:12And again, it's her judgment to represent who she wants to represent.
18:16And so that's certainly fine.
18:19I question why it is she's using, chose to use her legal talents to help drive Puerto
18:24Rico into bankruptcy.
18:25And I just note that in Congress, on the other side, on the House side, Congresswoman Velasquez
18:34of New York has said that her nomination is an insult to the people of Puerto Rico.
18:38Those are her words, not mine.
18:39I'll let her explain what she means by that.
18:42But I just, I've got serious problems with this nominee, given her judgment.
18:46I think there's no doubt that she's very able.
18:48In fact, part of what she did, as we talked about when she was in front of us, is she
18:53invented a new novel theory about why these hedge funds ought to get paid before Puerto
18:59Rican bondholders.
19:00So the hedge funds got paid first, and the actual citizens of Puerto Rico got paid last.
19:06Had to have public services slashed.
19:08Had to have austerity imposed on them.
19:10She was so successful in this that a bunch of other hedge funds piled into court and
19:15used her theory.
19:16So she's very smart.
19:17I mean, there's no doubt about it.
19:19She was a good lawyer for her clients.
19:21I just think what she did is objectionable.
19:25And I don't like the fact that she wouldn't just admit to us that she's lead counsel on
19:28the case.
19:29Her own law firm said so.
19:30So the prospect article lays out some of this.
19:33And with those concerns noted, Mr. Chairman, I yield.
19:37I will respond very briefly.
19:39But first, I want to give the clerk of the committee an opportunity to correct the record
19:43on a previous vote.
19:45Yes.
19:46On the Martinez vote, the ayes are 13, the nays are 8.
19:51Martinez vote, the ayes, 13 to 8.
19:53So the nomination will be favorably reported to the floor.
19:57My only response, Senator Hawley, is that you received a letter from Mr. Brogan, Steven
20:02Brogan, who I understand is one of the lead partners at Jones Day, the firm that Ms. Sunan
20:09was part of, and he said expressly on the issue of lead counsel, regarding the Puerto
20:15Rico insolvency matter, Bruce Bennett, one of the foremost insolvency lawyers in the
20:19world, was the lead lawyer.
20:21So she did not misrepresent her status in that case.
20:25I ask that this letter be made part of the record without objection.
20:29Did you want to say a word?
20:31All I would say, Mr. Chairman, is that she is listed as counsel of record.
20:37And we've got a lot of lawyers in this room.
20:38I think we are all lawyers.
20:40And counsel of record over and over.
20:43And her firm held her out at the time as the lead lawyer.
20:47It's on their website.
20:49And listen, whether she's lead or not is not that important to me.
20:52The substance of it is important to me.
20:54And I just think, I think that this is a bad judgment call on her part, and I think it
20:57really costs the people of Puerto Rico.
20:59So I've said, I've had my say.
21:00Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
21:01Thank you, Senator Hawley.
21:02If there's no one else seeking recognition, the clerk will call the roll on Sparkle Sukunanan
21:07to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
21:09Mr. Whitehouse?
21:10Aye.
21:11Ms. Klobuchar?
21:12Aye.
21:13Mr. Coons?
21:14Aye.
21:15Mr. Blumenthal?
21:16Aye.
21:18Mr. Roanoke?
21:19Aye.
21:20Mr. Booker?
21:21Aye.
21:22Mr. Padilla?
21:23Aye.
21:24Mr. Ossoff?
21:25Aye.
21:26Mr. Welch?
21:27Aye.
21:28Ms. Butler?
21:29Aye.
21:30Mr. Graham?
21:31No.
21:32Mr. Grassley?
21:33No.
21:34Mr. Cornyn?
21:35No.
21:36Mr. Leath?
21:37No by proxy.
21:38Mr. Cruz?
21:39No by proxy.
21:40Mr. Hawley?
21:41No.
21:42Mr. Cutt?
21:43No by proxy.
21:44Mr. Kennedy?
21:45No.
21:46Mr. Tillis?
21:47No.
21:48Mrs. Blackburn?
21:49No by proxy.
21:50Chair Durbin?
21:51Aye.
21:52Chair Durbin, undisclosed.
21:53The ayes are 11, the nays are 10.
21:54The nomination will be favorably reported to the floor.
21:55Next is Judge Claria Horn-Boom to serve as an additional term as member of the U.S. Sentencing
21:56Commission.
21:57Does anyone seek recognition on this nomination?
21:58If not, please rise.
21:59Thank you.
22:00Thank you.
22:01Thank you.
22:02Thank you.
22:03Thank you.
22:04Thank you.
22:05Thank you.
22:06Thank you.
22:07Thank you.
22:08Thank you.
22:09Thank you.
22:10Thank you.
22:11Thank you.
22:12Thank you.
22:13Thank you.
22:14Thank you.
22:16If not, the clerk will call the roll.
22:18Mr. Whitehouse.
22:19Aye.
22:20Ms. Hohmacher.
22:21Aye.
22:23Mr. Koonce.
22:26Aye.
22:28Mr. Blumenthal.
22:31Aye.
22:32Mr. Roniold.
22:35Aye.
22:37Mr. Booker.
22:39Aye.
22:41Mr. Padilla.
22:44Aye.
22:45The nomination will be favorably reported to the floor. Next is Judge John Gleason
23:13to serve an additional term as member of the Sentencing Commission. Does anyone seek recognition
23:17on this nomination? If not, the clerk will call the roll.
23:20Mr. Whitehouse. Aye.
23:21Ms. Klobuchar. Aye.
23:22Mr. Coons. Aye.
23:23Mr. Blumenthal. Aye.
23:24Mr. Roanoke. Aye.
23:25Mr. Booker. Aye.
23:26Mr. Padilla. Aye.
23:27Mr. Ossoff. Aye.
23:28Mr. Welch. Aye.
23:29Ms. Butler. Aye.
23:30Mr. Graham. No.
23:31Mr. Grassley. No.
23:32Mr. Klobuchar. Aye.
23:33Ms. Blumenthal. Aye.
23:34Mr. Coons. Aye.
23:35Ms. Blumenthal. Aye.
23:36Ms. Blumenthal. Aye.
23:37Ms. Blumenthal. Aye.
23:38Ms. Blumenthal. Aye.
23:39Mr. Graham. No.
23:40Mr. Grassley. No.
23:41Mr. Kornick. No.
23:42Mr. Lee. No by proxy.
23:43Mr. Cruz. No by proxy.
23:44Mr. Hawley. No.
23:45Mr. Cotton. No by proxy.
23:46Mr. Kennedy. No.
23:47Mr. Tillis. No.
23:48Mrs. Blackburn. No by proxy.
23:49Mr. Durbin. Aye.
23:50Mr. Durbin on this vote, the ayes are 11, the nays are 10.
23:51The nomination will be favorably reported to the floor. Next is Matthew Gannon.
23:52Mr. Gannon. Aye.
23:53Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
23:54Mr. Tillis. Aye.
23:55Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
23:56Mr. Gannon. Aye.
23:57Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
23:58Mr. Gannon. Aye.
23:59Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:01Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:02Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:03Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:04Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:05Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:06Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:07Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:08Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:09Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:10Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:11Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:12Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:13Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:14Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:15Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:16Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:17Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:18Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:19Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:20Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:21Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:22Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:23Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:24Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:25Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:26Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:27Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:28Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:29Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:30Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:31Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:32Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:33Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:34Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:35Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:36Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:37Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:38Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:39Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:40Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:41Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:42Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:43Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:44Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:45Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:46Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:47Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:48Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:49Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:50Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:51Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:52Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:53Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:54Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:55Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:56Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:57Mr. Gannon. Aye.
24:58Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
24:59Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:00Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:01Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:02Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:03Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:04Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:05Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:06Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:07Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:08Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:09Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:10Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:11Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:12Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:13Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:14Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:15Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:16Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:17Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:18Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:19Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:20Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:21Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:22Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:23Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:24Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:25Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:26Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:27Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:28Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:29Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:30Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:31Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:32Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:33Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:34Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:35Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:36Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:37Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:38Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:39Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:40Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:41Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:42Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:43Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:44Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:45Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:46Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:47Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:48Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:49Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:50Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:51Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:52Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:53Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:54Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:55Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:56Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:57Mr. Gannon. Aye.
25:58Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
25:59Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:00Mr. Gannon. Aye.
26:02Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:03Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:04Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:05Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:06Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:07Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:08Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:09Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:10Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:11Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:12Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:13Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:14Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:15Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:16Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:17Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:18Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:19Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:20Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:21Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:22Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:23Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:24Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:25Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:26Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:27Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:28Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:29Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:30Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:31Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:32Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:33Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:34Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:35Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:36Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:37Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:38Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:39Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:40Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:41Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:42Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:43Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:44Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:45Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:46Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:47Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:48Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:49Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:50Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:51Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:52Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:53Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:54Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:55Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:56Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:57Mr. Tillis. Aye.
26:58Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
26:59Mr. Tillis. Aye.
27:00Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
27:01Mr. Tillis. Aye.
27:02Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
27:03Mr. Tillis. Aye.
27:04Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
27:05Mr. Tillis. Aye.
27:06Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
27:07Mr. Tillis. Aye.
27:08Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
27:09Mr. Tillis. Aye.
27:10Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
27:11Mr. Tillis. Aye.
27:12Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
27:13Mr. Tillis. Aye.
27:14Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
27:15Mr. Tillis. Aye.
27:16Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
27:17Mr. Tillis. Aye.
27:18Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
27:19Mr. Tillis. Aye.
27:20Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
27:21Mr. Tillis. Aye.
27:22Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
27:23Mr. Tillis. Aye.
27:24Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
27:25Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
27:26Mr. Tillis. Aye.
27:27Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
27:28Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
27:29Mr. Tillis. Aye.
27:30Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
27:31Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
27:32Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
27:33Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
27:34Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
27:35Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
27:36Ms. Blackburn. Aye.
27:37Ms. Blackburn. Aye.