[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 184 (Tuesday, November 7, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S5393]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                     Nomination of Julia E. Kobick

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, in a few moments, the Senate will confirm 
Julia Kobick as district judge for the District of Massachusetts.
  I have great news: The Senate is about to confirm the 100th woman and 
the 150th judge overall to the Federal bench since we took the 
majority.
  One judge at a time, this Democratic majority is making the Federal 
bench look more like America, and that is why the confirmation of the 
100th woman to the court is so important. It is not only double the 
amount confirmed by President Trump in all his 4 years, it is also 
considerably more women than any full first term of any President. In 
fact, two-thirds--two-thirds--of all the judges we have confirmed under 
President Biden are women, and we have confirmed more women of color to 
the bench than any other President's entire time in office.
  These hundred women are historic taken together, but they also 
include many who are historic in their own right. They include, of 
course, the first Black woman confirmed to the Supreme Court, Ketanji 
Brown Jackson. They include the first Muslim-American woman on the 
Federal bench. They include the first Navajo Federal judge, and much 
more. We are getting the bench to look like America. It has been long 
overdue, but it is happening and happening in large steps under this 
Senate Democratic majority.
  Now, I want to let America know we are proud to have reached this 
historic milestone, but we are not slowing down. Confirming more women 
on the bench is long, long overdue. The Senate, which has made strides 
more than any year to make that a reality, will continue to keep 
working to confirm more judicial nominations in the weeks and months to 
come.
  I yield the floor.