[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 102 (Friday, July 20, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7994-S7995]
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NOMINATION OF RALPH F. BOYD, JR., OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO BE AN ASSISTANT
ATTORNEY GENERAL
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NOMINATION OF EILEEN J. O'CONNOR, OF MARYLAND, TO BE AN ASSISTANT
ATTORNEY GENERAL
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will now
proceed en bloc to consider and confirm Executive Calendar No. 247 and
No. 249, which the clerk will report.
The legislative clerk read the nominations of Ralph F. Boyd, Jr., of
Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Attorney General, and Eileen J.
O'Connor, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, shall the Senate advise and
consent to the nominations?
The nominations are confirmed.
Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. BAUCUS. I move to lay that motion on the table.
The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, we have moved very rapidly to consider
matters before the Judiciary Committee having noticed these hearings
within minutes of the time the Senate reorganized, meeting within days.
We have five nominations through this morning.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana.
Mr. BAUCUS. Madam President, I rise to congratulate Sam Haddon and
United States Magistrate Judge Richard Cebull, whom the Senate today
confirmed to serve as Montana's U.S. District Court judges. These
confirmations are of great importance to my State of Montana. Currently
only one of our three judgeships is filled, which has placed a large
burden on the shoulders of our remaining judge, Don Malloy.
I thank the Judiciary Committee for taking up these nominations in
such a timely manner, especially Senator Leahy who has been very
helpful, and Senator Hatch as well. I also thank them for putting up
with the enthusiasm of Senator Burns and myself as we, in some sense,
pestered or hectored the two Senators for getting up these nominations
so quickly.
In addition, I thank the leader for scheduling these nominations to
be confirmed this morning, at this time.
I could not think of two men who are more qualified to serve as
Montana's Federal judges than Sam Haddon and Magistrate Judge Cebull.
We in Montana tend to know each other, or if we do not know each other
personally, we tend to know each other by reputation. I know Sam
Haddon. I know Richard Cebull. I also know their reputations. They are
sterling men and will serve as first-rate, highly distinguished U.S.
Federal judges.
Sam Haddon is a graduate of the University of Montana Law School.
After
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serving with the Border Patrol and the Federal Bureau of Narcotics in
the late 1950s and early 1960s, he worked in private practice. I know
he has dreamed of being a Federal judge. His dream has now come true. I
might say, as an example of the hard-working industry of Sam Haddon, he
is the first member of his family to go off to college and he now will
become, when he is sworn in, a U.S. Federal judge. We are all extremely
proud of Sam Haddon.
Before serving as U.S. Magistrate in Great Falls, MT, Richard Cebull
served as a Billings attorney for close to 30 years. He was born and
raised in our State and has earned the respect of everyone in our State
who has had the good fortune and privilege of meeting him, engaging
with him as a magistrate or in a nonprofessional capacity. He and Sam
Haddon are two people who are just perfect representatives of the
quality of the people in our State of Montana.
It is a great honor and with great pride I join in thanking them for
wanting to serve, and I thank the Senate for confirming both of them so
we in Montana now have all our judgeships filled. We have three
wonderful U.S. district court judges. We thank all in the Senate who
have made this happen.
I yield the floor.
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