[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 133 (Thursday, September 25, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11970-S11971]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   NOMINATION OF MICHAEL W. MOSMAN TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Michael W. 
Mosman, of Oregon, to be United States District Judge for the District 
of Oregon.
  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I rise today to express my unqualified 
support for the nomination of Michael Mosman for the United States 
District Court for the District of Oregon and to urge my colleagues to 
confirm this fine nominee.
  Mr. Mosman has excellent academic and professional qualifications for 
the federal bench. After graduating magna cum laude from the J. Reuben 
Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, he clerked first for D.C. 
Circuit Judge Malcolm Wilkey and then for Supreme Court Justice Lewis 
Powell.
  Mr. Mosman also has impressive courtroom experience. As an Assistant 
U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, Mr. Mosman 
has worked on cases in all four prosecuting units in his office: 
narcotics, violent crimes, organized crime, and fraud. He has tried 
about 50 cases, including large multidefendant drug conspiracies, 
international money laundering, multimillion dollar counterfeiting 
cases, and multidistrict immigration fraud.
  Mr. Mosman also displayed stellar leadership and integrity in the 
wake of the September 11 tragedy. He deftly guided his office in the 
apprehension and prosecution of several would-be terrorists, all the 
while taking steps to ensure that those individuals' civil liberties 
were not violated.
  Mr. Mosman is an exceptional nominee. He merited an ABA rating of 
unanimously well-qualified, and I fully expect him to serve with 
distinction on the federal bench in Oregon.
  Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I rise today to speak about my good friend 
and fellow Oregonian Michael Mosman.
  Recently, the ABA rated Mr. Mosman as well qualified for the position 
of District Court Judge. Those of us from Oregon, however, have long 
been aware of Mr. Mosman's stellar legal credentials and talents. It 
would be an honor to have Mr. Mosman serve our state as the next U.S. 
District Judge in Oregon. He has distinguished himself as a leader in 
our state and in the legal community. Since 1988, Mr. Mosman has worked 
for the United States Attorney's office in Oregon. First joining the 
Department of Justice as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, he was 
subsequently promoted to the position of U.S. Attorney for the District 
of Oregon in 2001.
  In addition to his public service, Mr. Mosman has worked in private 
practice with the Portland law firm of Miller Nash LLP. He clerked for 
Judge Malcolm Wilkey of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit--
and for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell. Graduating with 
highest honors, he received his undergraduate degree from Utah State 
University and his law degree from BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School.
  With his academic and legal background--both in private and public 
practice--Mr. Mosman will bring a wealth of knowledge and, most 
importantly, compassion to the bench. In 2001, Senator Wyden and I 
convened a bipartisan blue ribbon panel to interview applicants for the 
position of U.S. attorney--our unanimous No. 1 recommendation was Mike 
Mosman. Earlier this year, we convened another bipartisan blue ribbon 
panel to interview applicants for the U.S. District Court. Once again, 
our unanimous No. 1 recommendation was Mike Mosman.
  It is, therefore, with great pleasure that I highly recommend to you 
my friend, Mr. Mosman, and urge my colleagues to vote in favor of his 
confirmation as United States District Judge for the District of 
Oregon.
  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is all time yielded back?
  Mr. LEAHY. I yield back my time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time is yielded back.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination 
of Michael W. Mosman, of Oregon, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Oregon? The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I announce that the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Bond), 
the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning), and the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) are necessarily absent.
  I further announce that if present and voting the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) would vote ``yea''.
  Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. 
Edwards), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Graham), the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Lieberman) are necessarily absent.
  I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) would vote ``aye''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 93, nays 0, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 367 Ex.]

                                YEAS--93

     Akaka
     Alexander
     Allard
     Allen
     Baucus
     Bayh
     Bennett
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Brownback
     Burns
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Cantwell
     Carper
     Chafee
     Chambliss
     Clinton
     Cochran
     Coleman
     Collins
     Conrad
     Cornyn
     Corzine
     Craig
     Crapo
     Daschle
     Dayton

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     DeWine
     Dodd
     Dole
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Ensign
     Enzi
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Fitzgerald
     Frist
     Graham (SC)
     Grassley
     Hagel
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Hollings
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Kohl
     Kyl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lincoln
     Lott
     Lugar
     McCain
     McConnell
     Mikulski
     Miller
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nelson (FL)
     Nelson (NE)
     Nickles
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Roberts
     Rockefeller
     Santorum
     Sarbanes
     Schumer
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stabenow
     Stevens
     Sununu
     Talent
     Thomas
     Voinovich
     Warner
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING --7

     Bond
     Bunning
     Edwards
     Graham (FL)
     Gregg
     Kerry
     Lieberman
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to 
reconsider has been laid upon the table. The President shall be 
immediately notified of the Senate's action.

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