[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 12, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H397]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               THE JUDICIAL NOMINATION OF MIGUEL ESTRADA

  (Mr. CHOCOLA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHOCOLA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support Miguel Estrada to 
be United States circuit judge for the District of Columbia circuit. 
Mr. Estrada was nominated nearly 21 months ago. He has argued 15 cases 
before the United States Supreme Court. He would also be the first 
Hispanic judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. circuit. Mr. 
Estrada has served in the Justice Department under Presidents of both 
political parties as a Federal prosecutor and as the assistant to the 
Solicitor General.
  Despite all of that, to date the Senate has not acted on the 
nomination of Miguel Estrada, along with many other judicial 
nominations. There is no question that Miguel Estrada is highly 
qualified to serve on the Federal bench.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time to give the President what he has asked for 
and what the American people deserve, a great judge in Miguel Estrada.

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