Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On The Senate Continuing Its Work To Confirm President Biden’s Diverse And Well-Qualified Judicial Nominees Including Richard Federico To Serve As Circuit Court Judge For The Tenth Circuit
Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the Senate’s continued work to confirm President Biden’s judicial nominees. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:
Today, the Senate will confirm the 39th circuit court judge under President Biden: Richard Federico to be a circuit judge for the Tenth Circuit.
Mr. Federico is precisely the type of judge we need on our circuit courts: a brilliant legal mind who has dedicated his life to service as a lawyer in the Navy and as a public defender. Thanks to the work of President Biden and this Senate Majority, we have confirmed more public defenders to circuit courts than under any president in history.
Of course, we also confirmed the first-ever public defender to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, the great Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
And now, this Senate Majority has also confirmed over 160 judges to lifetime appointments on the bench, including:
More Black judges, more women judges, and more judges of color than the full first term of any other president.
More women to circuit courts than any president in their entire time in office.
The first Muslim American woman on the federal bench, the first Navajo federal judge, and, of course as I mentioned, the first Black woman on the Supreme Court, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
All year long, this Senate Majority has prioritized confirming judges who add to the bench’s personal and professional diversity. And we’re going to continue going into the new year.
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