[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 175 (Tuesday, October 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6921-S6922]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   CONFIRMATION OF DARCIE N. McELWEE

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, it is with a great deal of hometown pride 
that I rise in strong support of the confirmation of Darcie McElwee to 
be the new U.S. attorney for the State of Maine. Both Darcie and I are 
natives of the northern Maine community of Caribou.
  Since 2002, Darcie has been an assistant U.S. attorney, and she has 
served as the Project Safe Neighborhoods coordinator for that office 
since 2005. She primarily has prosecuted violent crime cases, including 
those involving sex trafficking, interstate domestic violence, and 
child sexual exploitation, as well as firearms and arson cases. Darcie 
served as assistant district attorney for Penobscot County and 
Piscataquis County from 1998 to 2002.
  Darcie is a member of the Maine Trial Lawyers Association and a past 
president of the Cumberland Bar Association. She has also served as an 
adjunct professor at the University of Maine School of Law and at the 
Maine Trial Lawyers College of Advocacy. Darcie received her J.D. 
degree from the University of Maine School of Law in 1998, and her 
undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College.
  Throughout her career, Darcie has worked tirelessly to keep Mainers 
safe from violent crime and to achieve justice for victims. She is an 
intelligent, experienced, and highly competent law enforcement 
professional. Her extensive track record as a career prosecutor makes 
her ideally suited for this important position.
  Based on her experience and her character, as well as her Caribou 
roots, I have every confidence that Darcie will faithfully uphold our 
Nation's laws and work to ensure public safety and order. Throughout 
her distinguished career, she has demonstrated a strong commitment to 
public service, and I know that she will serve the State of Maine and 
our Nation extremely well as Maine's next U.S. attorney.
  I am absolutely delighted that the Senate, without dissent, tonight 
confirmed Darcie McElwee for this important position.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.

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