[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 140 (Tuesday, September 10, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5906]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                   Nomination of Jeannette A. Vargas

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I come to the floor to note that the 
Senate, today, will vote on the confirmation of a terrific judicial 
nominee and terrific New Yorker, Jeannette Vargas, nominated to serve 
as district judge for the Southern District of New York.
  Jeannette Vargas will make an excellent addition to the bench. She 
was a clerk to then-Judge, now-Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor, 
is a career prosecutor, and served as the top lawyer in the U.S. 
Attorney's Office for the Southern District as Deputy Chief in the 
Civil Division.
  She is truly a New Yorker to her core, being a native of the great 
borough of Queens and of both Puerto Rican and Irish ancestry. With Ms. 
Vargas, the Senate continues to add a list of excellent and qualified 
diverse nominees to the Federal bench.
  I want to thank my Senate colleague Senator Gillibrand for advocating 
this great nominee and all my colleagues for voting to confirm.

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