[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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