    [Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 10, 2018)]
    [Senate]
    [Page S124]
    From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                          Nomination of Michael Brown

      Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, I am honored and privileged to come to
    the floor of the Senate today to talk about Michael Brown, appointed by
    President Donald Trump to be a district judge on the U.S. District
    Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
      Mr. Brown is an outstanding citizen of our State. He is married to a
    wonderful lady and has three wonderful children. He is a graduate of
    Marist School, a graduate of Georgetown University, and a graduate of
    the University of Georgia Law School, magna cum laude, in 1994.
      He has a record of practicing law in the private sector that is
    unparalleled, having worked for both King & Spalding and also Alston &
    Bird.
      King & Spalding produced many of the judges on the bench of the
    United States of America with distinguished records, not the least of
    which is the Attorney General under President Jimmy Carter, Griffin
    Bell, an outstanding Attorney General from our State. They also
    produced Sam Nunn, an outstanding Member of the Senate. They produced
    many judges in our State. Many were also produced from the firm where
    he practices now, which is Alston & Bird.
      It is a privilege for me to talk about Michael for many reasons. Most
    importantly, he comes with a background of experience in the private
    sector. He has been recommended by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as one
    of the great lawyers in the United States of America in business
    matters. One of the things our courts need is a tempered balance of
    business and consumers. There is no question that someone who is not a
    voice for business as a judge but has experience in business as a judge
    will make a tremendous difference. I know he will in the Northern
    District of Georgia.
      I thank the President for nominating Michael and making this
    appointment. To the Members of the Senate, I urge you to join me in
    voting for Michael Brown for the Northern District of Georgia to be our
    next judge there. He will be a great judge on the bench. It will be a
    great decision for us, and it will continue the growth and improvement
    of outstanding jurists confirmed by this Senate in this year 2018.
      I yield back.
      I suggest the absence of a quorum.
      The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
      The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
      Mr. BURR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for
    the quorum call be rescinded.
      The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
      Mr. BURR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to begin the series
    of votes.
      The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
      The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Parker
    nomination?
      Mr. BURR. I ask for the yeas and nays.
      The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
      There appears to be a sufficient second.
      The clerk will call the roll.
      Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator
    from Arizona (Mr. McCain).
      Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker)
    is necessarily absent.
      The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
    desiring to vote?
      The result was announced--yeas 98, nays 0, as follows:

                           [Rollcall Vote No. 5 Ex.]

                                    YEAS--98

         Alexander
         Baldwin
         Barrasso
         Bennet
         Blumenthal
         Blunt
         Boozman
         Brown
         Burr
         Cantwell
         Capito
         Cardin
         Carper
         Casey
         Cassidy
         Cochran
         Collins
         Coons
         Corker
         Cornyn
         Cortez Masto
         Cotton
         Crapo
         Cruz
         Daines
         Donnelly
         Duckworth
         Durbin
         Enzi
         Ernst
         Feinstein
         Fischer
         Flake
         Gardner
         Gillibrand
         Graham
         Grassley
         Harris
         Hassan
         Hatch
         Heinrich
         Heitkamp
         Heller
         Hirono
         Hoeven
         Inhofe
         Isakson
         Johnson
         Jones
         Kaine
         Kennedy
         King
         Klobuchar
         Lankford
         Leahy
         Lee
         Manchin
         Markey
         McCaskill
         McConnell
         Menendez
         Merkley
         Moran
         Murkowski
         Murphy
         Murray
         Nelson
         Paul
         Perdue
         Peters
         Portman
         Reed
         Risch
         Roberts
         Rounds
         Rubio
         Sanders
         Sasse
         Schatz
         Schumer
         Scott
         Shaheen
         Shelby
         Smith
         Stabenow
         Sullivan
         Tester
         Thune
         Tillis
         Toomey
         Udall
         Van Hollen
         Warner
         Warren
         Whitehouse
         Wicker
         Wyden
         Young

                                 NOT VOTING--2

         Booker
         McCain

      The nomination was confirmed.
      The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to
    reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the President
    will be immediately notified of the Senate's action.

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