[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 101 (Monday, June 1, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2630-S2631]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                 Nomination of John Leonard Badalamenti

  Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Mr. President, I rise today to proudly support 
the confirmation of Judge John Badalamenti to serve as a U.S. District 
Court Judge for the Middle District of Florida. Judge Badalamenti has a 
distinguished record of public service, during which he has 
demonstrated a deep and abiding respect for the rule of law and a 
commitment to upholding the U.S. Constitution.
  He served as an Assistant Federal Defender in the Middle District of 
Florida for nearly a decade, and, as Governor of Florida, I had the 
privilege to appoint him to the Second District Court of Appeal in 
2015. During his time on the State appellate bench, he has consistently 
demonstrated his keen legal acumen and devotion to upholding the proper 
function of the judiciary in our democratic system.
  I am proud of the work he has done, and I am proud to support his 
confirmation to the Federal bench today, where he will continue to 
serve our State and Nation well.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and 
consent to the Badalamenti nomination?
  Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, 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.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. 
Burr), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Daines), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the 
Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator from 
South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Sasse).
  Further, if present and voting, the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. 
Hoeven) would have voted ``Yea'' and

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the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) would have voted ``Yea.''
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), 
the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator 
from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), 
the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz), the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), 
the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall), and the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) are necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 55, nays 22, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 103 Ex.]

                                YEAS--55

     Alexander
     Barrasso
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Capito
     Carper
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Enzi
     Ernst
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Gardner
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hassan
     Hawley
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Jones
     Kennedy
     King
     Lankford
     Lee
     Loeffler
     Manchin
     McConnell
     McSally
     Paul
     Perdue
     Peters
     Portman
     Reed
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Sinema
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--22

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Gillibrand
     Harris
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Klobuchar
     Menendez
     Rosen
     Schumer
     Smith
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warren
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--23

     Blackburn
     Burr
     Cardin
     Cramer
     Daines
     Heinrich
     Hoeven
     Leahy
     Markey
     Merkley
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Roberts
     Rounds
     Sanders
     Sasse
     Schatz
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Udall
     Whitehouse
  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 actions.