[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 60 (Tuesday, April 9, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S2658]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                     Nomination of Robert J. White

  Mr. President, I rise today to strongly support the nomination of 
Robert White, who President Biden nominated to serve as the U.S. 
district judge for the Eastern District of Michigan. Senator Peters and 
I were very honored to recommend him. We will be voting on him today.
  Mr. White has spent his career upholding the rule of law and keeping 
our communities safe. Since 2018, he has served as an assistant U.S. 
attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of 
Michigan, handling civil and criminal cases involving violent crime and 
healthcare fraud. That has been very bad news for criminals.
  Mr. White helped lock up six members of one of Detroit's most violent 
gangs who were terrorizing a neighborhood and committing crimes, 
including a murder, shootings, robberies, and drug dealings. In 2022, 
Mr. White successfully prosecuted a Canadian truck driver who tried to 
drive across the U.S. border with 313 pounds of cocaine hidden in his 
semitrailer.
  Mr. White began his career as a prosecutor in the Western District of 
Texas where he focused on fighting transnational organized crime, 
including Mexican cartels. And he did a very good job.
  He was named the Outstanding Federal Attorney of the Year in 2017 by 
the El Paso Bar Association. In 2018, he was recognized by the FBI for 
his outstanding skills as a prosecutor. In 2020, he received an award 
for excellence from the Council of the Inspectors General. And last 
year, the Homeland Security Investigations office in Detroit named him 
Prosecutor of the Year.
  It is no surprise that the American Bar Association's Standing 
Committee on the Federal Judiciary unanimously rated Mr. White as 
``well qualified.''
  In February, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed Mr. White's 
nomination through the Senate committee on a bipartisan basis by a vote 
of 14 to 7.
  Democrats and Republicans agree he is the right person for the job. 
He is an outstanding nominee, and his experience will serve the people 
of the Eastern District well.
  I urge my colleagues today to support his confirmation.
  I yield the floor.