[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 123 (Wednesday, July 14, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4872-S4873]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                       Nomination of Myrna Perez

  Mr. President, on a final matter, Myrna Perez. In a moment, I am 
excited to head over to the Judiciary Committee to introduce an 
outstanding nominee for one of the most important courts in the 
country, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York. And the 
person I will introduce is Myrna Perez, one of the foremost election 
lawyers in the country.
  The daughter of Mexican immigrants, Myrna graduated from Yale, 
Harvard, and Columbia Law School before joining the Brennan Center for 
Justice as a voting rights and election litigator. The Federal bench 
has long been occupied by former prosecutors and corporate lawyers. It 
is about time that civil rights attorneys, Federal defenders, and 
voting rights experts, like

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Myrna Perez, one of the foremost voting experts in the country, join 
the ranks.
  Especially now, when our democracy is in peril in many ways, it is 
crucial we elevate someone like Ms. Perez to the bench, someone we can 
trust to faithfully and equally apply the law of our great democracy.
  I was proud to recommend her to President Biden, and I look forward 
to formally introducing her to the committee today. When I met her, as 
I did to interview candidates, she knocked my socks off with her 
brilliance, her persistence, and her strong and wonderful personality.
  I yield the floor.