[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 51 (Friday, March 22, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S2557]
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                   Nomination of Adeel Abdullah Mangi

  Mr. President, on another matter, I have spoken repeatedly about the 
nomination of Adeel Mangi to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in New 
Jersey. As I explained, his radical associations are truly staggering. 
And this fact seems to have rubbed some of our Democratic colleagues 
the wrong way.
  Yesterday, one of my esteemed Democratic colleagues objected that we 
were unfairly ignoring Mr. Mangi's record as a lawyer. Well, I have 
looked at that record and encourage Democrats to do the same.
  Our colleagues may not mind Mr. Mangi's cavorting with apologists for 
terrorism and cop killing. That much wouldn't be surprising, 
considering that their party is in the process of succumbing to noxious 
strains of anti-Semitism and soft-on-crime radicalism.
  But it is a bit odd that more of our colleagues don't seem to care 
that Mr. Mangi has spent his entire career in ``white shoe'' corporate 
law, working as a hired gun for causes Democrats love to hate.
  For example, did you know that Mr. Mangi defended monopolists accused 
of fixing the prices of chocolate? Just in time for Easter.
  While Democrats promote the Green New Deal, Mr. Mangi defended a 
foreign conglomerate as it pursued a fossil fuel contract.
  It is hard to count the number of cases Mr. Mangi has litigated in 
defense of companies accused of fixing the price of prescription drugs. 
This is a practice that the senior Senator from Vermont says ``rip[s] 
off the American people.'' Mr. Mangi says it demands compelled 
arbitration. In at least three of these pharmaceutical suits, Mr. Mangi 
fought against union pension funds. Curiously, none of these cases are 
on Mr. Mangi's committee questionnaire.
  I don't begrudge a lawyer based on their clients--and I am sure Mr. 
Mangi was handsomely paid. And besides, we are talking about perfectly 
defensible and often successful legal arguments. But do my Democratic 
friends feel the same way?
  Fortunately, a growing number of our colleagues are saying they are 
unwilling to walk the plank for Mr. Mangi's radical affiliations. But 
his remaining supporters? They might land among the sharks themselves 
if they insist he be judged on his legal record.