[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 166 (Tuesday, November 12, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S6503]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                      Nomination of April M. Perry

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, as chair of the Senate Judiciary 
Committee, it is my great privilege to help lead the confirmation of 
the Biden-Harris administration's judicial nominees. It is one of our 
committee's most important tasks, and confirming fair, evenhanded 
judges who are dedicated to the Constitution is one of my priorities as 
chair. But it is even more of an honor to help confirm judges from my 
State of Illinois.
  Today, I would like to take a moment to say a word in support of 
April Perry, who has been nominated to the U.S. District Court for the 
Northern District of Illinois. She is highly qualified and will 
strengthen the Federal bench.
  Ms. Perry is a highly accomplished litigator whose breadth of 
experience in the government and the private sector makes her an 
outstanding nominee. A double graduate of Northwestern University, Ms. 
Perry clerked on the Seventh Circuit before serving as an Assistant 
U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of Illinois for more than a 
decade. In that role, she investigated and prosecuted a broad range of 
criminal cases.
  Additionally, Ms. Perry served as the Civil Rights and Hate Crimes 
coordinator, the Project Safe Childhood and Violence Against Women Act 
coordinator, and the Narcotics and Gangs Deputy chief in the U.S. 
attorney's office. Following this, Ms. Perry served in the Cook County 
State's attorney's office and has since expanded her legal experience 
as in-house counsel at GE Healthcare. Suffice it to say, Ms. Perry has 
proven herself an experienced, talented litigator with a dedication to 
the rule of law.
  Ms. Perry was rated ``well qualified'' by the American Bar 
Association and has the strong support of Senator Duckworth and myself. 
I urge my colleagues to support her nomination.


                        vote on perry nomination

  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is, Will the Senate 
advise and consent to the Perry nomination?
  Mr. CASSIDY. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Fetterman) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) are necessarily 
absent.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), and the 
Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance).
  The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 44, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 256 Ex.]

                                YEAS--51

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Butler
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Collins
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Helmy
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Merkley
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Welch
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--44

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Boozman
     Braun
     Britt
     Budd
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Mullin
     Paul
     Ricketts
     Romney
     Rounds
     Schmitt
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                             NOT VOTING--5

     Fetterman
     Risch
     Rubio
     Sinema
     Vance
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Warnock). Under the previous order, the 
motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and 
the President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action.
  The majority leader.

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