[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 86 (Friday, June 26, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7237-S7238]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  NOMINATION OF VICTORIA A. ROBERTS, OF MICHIGAN, TO BE UNITED STATES 
          DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will now 
consider the nomination of Victoria A. Roberts, of Michigan, to be 
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of Victoria A. Roberts, of 
Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Michigan.
  Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. President, it is my pleasure to offer a few brief 
remarks on behalf of Ms. Victoria Ann Roberts, who has just been 
confirmed by this body to be a United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Michigan.
  Ms. Roberts has built an impressive professional resume, as managing 
partner for a Detroit's Goodman, Eden, Millender and Bedrosian, as an 
Assistant United States Attorney, and as the president of the State Bar 
of Michigan.
  Ms. Roberts has also taken a long and active interest in several 
community organizations that have greatly benefitted Metropolitan 
Detroit. She served on the board of directors of the Fair Housing 
Association of Detroit from 1985-91 and was its chair from 1986 to 
1989. In addition, she has worked with Big Brothers, Big Sisters of 
Michigan since 1987, serving as Secretary, Vice President, and member 
of the Board of Directors and Advisory Board.
  I think all of this points to an individual who brings a well-rounded 
and very successful set of legal credentials to the Federal Bench, and 
to a person who has consistently given to her community and her state 
as a volunteer in a variety of very important ways.
  Mr. President, I am pleased to congratulate Ms. Victoria Roberts on 
this confirmation, and I look forward to following her career as a 
judge on the federal bench.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and 
consent to the nomination of Victoria A. Roberts of Michigan, to be 
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan.
  On this question, the yeas and nays have been ordered. The clerk will 
call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from Utah (Mr. Bennett), the 
Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl), 
the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. 
Roth), and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens) are necessarily 
absent.
  I further announce that the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Hutchinson) is 
absent due to a death in the family.
  I also announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) is 
absent because of illness.
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka), the 
Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Glenn), 
the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. 
Rockefeller), and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone) are 
necessarily absent.
  I also announce that the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) is absent 
due to family illness.
  I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone) would 
each vote ``aye.''
  The result was announced, yeas 85, nays 0, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 183 Ex.]

                                YEAS--85

     Abraham
     Allard
     Ashcroft
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Brownback
     Bryan
     Bumpers
     Burns
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Chafee
     Cleland
     Coats
     Cochran
     Collins
     Conrad
     Coverdell
     Craig
     D'Amato
     Daschle
     DeWine
     Dodd
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Enzi
     Faircloth
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Ford
     Frist
     Gorton
     Graham
     Gramm
     Grams
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hagel
     Hatch
     Helms
     Hollings
     Hutchison
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnson
     Kempthorne
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lott
     Lugar
     Mack
     McConnell
     Mikulski
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nickles
     Reed
     Reid
     Robb
     Roberts
     Santorum
     Sarbanes
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith (NH)
     Smith (OR)
     Snowe
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thurmond
     Torricelli
     Warner

                             NOT VOTING--15

     Akaka
     Baucus
     Bennett
     Glenn
     Harkin
     Hutchinson
     Inhofe
     Kyl
     McCain
     Rockefeller
     Roth
     Specter
     Stevens
     Wellstone
     Wyden
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to 
reconsider is laid upon the table. The President will be immediately 
notified of the Senate's action.

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