[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 73 (Monday, May 1, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S1430]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                       Business Before the Senate

  Madam President, now on Senate business. Well, it is going to be 
another busy week here on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Later today, 
the Senate will vote on the confirmation of Anthony Johnstone of 
Montana to serve a lifetime appointment as a circuit court judge for 
the Ninth Circuit.
  A graduate of Yale and the University of Chicago, Mr. Johnstone has a 
wealth of experience in both public service and private practice. As 
former members of the Montana Supreme Court attest to, Mr. Johnstone 
has one of the ``best legal minds and is the finest and most respected 
legal scholar in the State of Montana.''
  At the end of the week, I also filed cloture on three additional 
district court judges from New Jersey and New York, and Members should 
be advised that I will be filing on additional judicial nominations 
later this evening. The Senate will work on processing all of these 
nominees over the course of the week.
  Judicial nominees remain a top priority for the Senate. Senate 
Democrats are proud we confirmed 119 new judges under President Biden, 
including 31 circuit court judges, 87 district court judges, and one 
groundbreaking Supreme Court Justice in Ketanji Brown Jackson. The 
diversity of these jurists is unlike anything our country has seen: 84 
of these judges are women and 80 are people of color. The Senate will 
add to that impressive tally over the course of this week.