[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 104 (Tuesday, September 7, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8832-S8837]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                 Happy 80th Birthday to Senator Inouye

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, one of the pleasures of being in this 
body is to

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be around men younger than I. One in particular I have traveled with 
considerably and for whom I have great fondness--he must have just 
walked off the Senate floor; I hope someone brings him back. I wish to 
call the attention of the Senate to the fact that my brother from 
Hawaii is 80 years old today.
  (Applause.)
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Utah.


                Nomination of Michael H. Schneider, Sr.

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I yield our minute to the distinguished 
Senator from Texas.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Texas.
  Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I commend Michael Schneider to my 
colleagues. He has had 25 years on the bench, starting as a municipal 
judge and working his way to the Supreme Court of Texas. He is one of 
the most respected judges in Texas, and I hope all my colleagues will 
vote for him.
  I ask my colleague, Senator Cornyn, if he wishes to finish this 
minute.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Texas.
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I had a chance to speak earlier in support 
of this wonderful nomination, Judge Mike Schneider. I join my colleague 
in encouraging each of our colleagues to vote for him.
  I also want to say how much I appreciate the ranking member of the 
Judiciary Committee and Chairman Hatch for making this vote possible 
tonight. I urge my colleagues to vote for the nomination.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.
  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I have already spoken in favor of Justice 
Schneider. Mike and I first met when we were both much younger 
prosecutors. I urge my colleagues on this side of the aisle to support 
his nomination.
  I yield back the remainder of my time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and 
consent to the nomination of Michael H. Schneider, Sr., of Texas, to be 
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas? On this 
question, the yeas and nays have been ordered. The clerk will call the 
roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I announce that the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) are 
necessarily absent.
  Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka), the 
Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from North Carolina 
(Mr. Edwards), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Graham), and the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) are necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 92, nays 1, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 165 Ex.]

                                YEAS--92

     Alexander
     Allard
     Allen
     Baucus
     Bayh
     Bennett
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Brownback
     Bunning
     Burns
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Cantwell
     Carper
     Chafee
     Chambliss
     Cochran
     Coleman
     Collins
     Conrad
     Cornyn
     Corzine
     Craig
     Crapo
     Daschle
     Dayton
     DeWine
     Dodd
     Dole
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Ensign
     Enzi
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Fitzgerald
     Frist
     Graham (SC)
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hagel
     Hatch
     Hollings
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Kohl
     Kyl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lincoln
     Lott
     Lugar
     McCain
     McConnell
     Mikulski
     Miller
     Murray
     Nelson (FL)
     Nelson (NE)
     Nickles
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Roberts
     Rockefeller
     Sarbanes
     Schumer
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stabenow
     Stevens
     Sununu
     Talent
     Thomas
     Voinovich
     Warner
     Wyden

                                NAYS--1

       
     Harkin
       

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Akaka
     Clinton
     Edwards
     Graham (FL)
     Kerry
     Murkowski
     Santorum
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The President will be notified of these 
actions.

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