[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 7, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S246-S247]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  NOMINATION OF DEANDREA GIST BENJAMIN

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, now, finally, on the Fourth Circuit, 
before Senators join with our House colleagues for the State of the 
Union, the Senate will take its first judicial nomination vote of the 
Congress by advancing DeAndrea Benjamin to serve as a circuit court 
judge--a circuit court judge--for the Fourth Circuit. If confirmed, 
Judge Benjamin would make history as only the second woman of color to 
sit on that court, a long overdue step in making sure the bench 
reflects the vibrancy of the Fourth Circuit. Judge Benjamin's 
credentials are unassailable, and I thank my Republican colleagues in 
the Judiciary Committee who supported her.
  The Senate is going to continue prioritizing judicial confirmations 
on the floor of this Congress. We have a

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lot of outstanding men and women coming out of the Judiciary very soon, 
and we will work quickly to move them out of this Chamber and onto the 
bench.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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