[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 24, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5331]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



      Nominations of Adam B. Landy, Kashi Way, and Rose E. Jenkins

  Mr. WYDEN. Madam President, I come to the floor today to again voice 
my strong support for the nominations of Adam Landy and Kashi Way to 
serve as judges of the United States Tax Court. The Senate will be 
voting on their nominations soon, Mr. Way's in just a few minutes and I 
believe Mr. Landy's later this afternoon.
  The U.S. Tax Court is the judicial backbone of the Federal Tax Code. 
Americans rely on the Tax Court to dispute tax bills before they need 
to pay them. It is key to making sure taxpayers are heard in a timely 
manner and an essential way to protect fairness in our tax system.
  The nominees for these positions have never been controversial. And 
as I am about to make clear, both these nominees have the right 
experience and the qualifications for the job.
  Adam Landy has served as a special trial judge on the Tax Court since 
2021. He also has several years of experience at the Office of the IRS 
Chief Counsel in Baltimore, San Francisco, and in the private sector.
  Kashi Way is a senior legislative counsel with the Joint Committee on 
Taxation staff. During his 18 years at the joint committee, Mr. Way had 
a major impact on just about every piece of energy tax legislation that 
has gotten any traction in the Congress, as well as a host of other tax 
bills. This committee and our staff will be sorry to lose Mr. Way on 
the joint committee, but he is, in my view, going to make an excellent 
Tax Court judge.
  These two Tax Court nominees have experience in both the public and 
private sector. Their broad experience will be invaluable to take on 
the role as Tax Court judges.
  I would also like to reiterate my strong support for the nomination 
of Rose Jenkins to serve on the Tax Court. She is a qualified nominee 
and will make an excellent judge. I will be working with my colleagues 
to ensure we can bring her nomination to the floor for a final 
confirmation vote as soon as possible so she can get to work for the 
American people.
  Madam President, and let me just close by way of saying, I think it 
is particularly important--I see a number of my colleagues on the 
Finance Committee here--that we continue to work in a bipartisan way on 
this and that we make this experience more bearable and understandable 
for the citizens who are a part of it. And I think these nominees will 
help to do that.
  So I close by saying, in my view, there is no question that these 
nominees are highly qualified for the roles that they are nominated to 
fill. We have worked on these in a bipartisan way. I support each of 
them. And when the Senate votes on their nominations, I urge my 
colleagues to do the same.
  I yield the floor.
  Madam President, I would ask unanimous consent that the scheduled 
vote occur immediately.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.