[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 193 (Tuesday, December 13, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7132-S7133]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Mr. MERKLEY. Madam President, on December 12, 2022, I missed rollcall 
vote No. 387, confirmation of Tamika R. Montgomery-Reeves, of Delaware, 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit due to my 
attendance at an event back home in Oregon that required me to fly back 
on a later flight. Had I been in attendance, I would have voted yea.
  An expert in corporate law during her time as a corporate litigator 
in private practice, Justice Montgomery-Reeves has served as a Delaware 
State court judge since 2015. She has blazed a trail as the first Black 
woman to serve on both the Delaware Supreme Court and Delaware Court of 
Chancery. A jurist who has earned a reputation for fairness, 
consideration, and consensus-building, Justice Montgomery-Reeves has 
participated in thousands of decisions and authored more than 300 
opinions since joining the bench.
  Justice Tamika R. Montgomery-Reeves is imminently qualified and will 
do an exemplary job for the people

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of Delaware and the people of the United States on the Third Circuit 
Court of Appeals.

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