[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 184 (Wednesday, October 20, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7100]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                         Nomination of Tana Lin

  Finally, Mr. President, on another matter, this week, the Senate is 
going to vote to confirm Tana Lin to serve on the U.S. District Court 
for the Western District of the State of Washington.
  Ms. Lin is an accomplished litigator whose credentials, skills, and 
decades of experience have prepared her for this assignment. If 
confirmed, she would be the first Asian American to serve on a Federal 
district court in the State of Washington.
  She graduated from Cornell University and New York University School 
of Law and began her career here in DC as a public defender. She then 
continued defending the rights of the most vulnerable as a trial 
attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department.
  Following her time there, she moved to my home State of Illinois to 
work in the Chicago district office of the U.S. Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission. She litigated cases under title VII of the 
Civil Rights Act, age discrimination cases, and the Americans with 
Disabilities Act.
  Today, Ms. Lin works as an attorney in private practice, where she 
primarily litigates cases involving antitrust, consumer protection, the 
environment, and labor and employment issues. And as a pro bono civil 
rights attorney, she has combated racial discrimination, advocated for 
religious accommodations in the workplace, and helped protect our 
elections from political interference.
  Her nomination is another example of the Biden administration and 
Senate Democrats working together to advance highly qualified judicial 
nominees.
  Ms. Lin received a unanimous--unanimous--rating of ``well qualified'' 
from the American Bar Association, and she has the strong support of 
her home State Senators, Murray and Cantwell.
  I urge my colleagues to support Ms. Lin's historic nomination.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Hickenlooper). The Senator from Alaska.