[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 198 (Wednesday, December 11, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6975-S6976]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                          Judicial Nominations

  Mr. President, one thing we have done here that has been immensely 
valuable is that we, as conservatives, have

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been able to impact our court system, which got lopsided over the 
years, to where many laws that were passed here get into the court 
system and then either get overturned or get impacted in ways that did 
not have the original intent. We here in our own conference, I think, 
have addressed that imbalance, and I think here soon we will have 
appointed, in the 3 years that President Trump has been at the helm, 
the 50th circuit judge. That is impressive. We are also filling slots 
now that we made a change in the rules here to not only get judges 
appointed but also to fill a lot of the slots in our government that 
are vacant. So that is good news.