[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 181 (Wednesday, November 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S6515]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    NOMINATION OF STEVEN J. MENASHI

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, after we confirm Chad Wolf to serve in 
a senior position at the Department of Homeland Security, the Senate 
will turn to President Trump's nominee to serve on the Second Circuit 
Court of Appeals.
  Steven Menashi's nomination continues an already distinguished career 
studying, teaching, and practicing law. After earning degrees from 
Dartmouth and Stanford, he clerked for Judge Douglas Ginsburg on the DC 
Court of Appeals and Justice Alito on the Supreme Court. Mr. Menashi 
has held a research fellowship at the New York University School of Law 
and taught at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School.
  Even the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on the Federal 
Judiciary, which has lately--lately made headlines for treating 
President Trump's nominees in a less-than-evenhanded way, has rated 
this nominee ``well-qualified.''
  Obviously, a majority of our colleagues on the Judiciary Committee 
concurred, and now the entire Senate will have the opportunity to 
confirm yet another outstanding jurist to the Federal bench.
  I urge each of my colleagues to join me in supporting Steven 
Menashi's nomination this week.

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