[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 183 (Monday, November 3, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7859-S7860]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         NOMINATIONS OF JOSHUA D. DUNLAP AND ERIC CHUNYEE TUNG

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, if I may continue, I want to speak about 
a couple of judges that will be before us this week. We will be voting 
on a pair of highly qualified circuit court nominations.
  Despite the ongoing Democratic government shutdown, the Senate 
Judiciary Committee remains hard at work. We are continuing to hold 
hearings. We are continuing to advance strong judicial nominees, like 
the two that I am about to alert my colleagues to.
  The first is Joshua Dunlap, for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 
First Circuit. The second is Eric Tung for the U.S. Court of Appeals 
for the Ninth Circuit. Both will make fantastic circuit judges, and I 
urge my colleagues to vote for them.
  As Maine Senator Collins detailed last week, Mr. Dunlap graduated 
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in his class from the University of Notre Dame Law School and then 
served as a clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. 
Since then, he has earned a stellar reputation as an appellate 
litigator, throughout his decade-and-a-half tenure in private practice 
of law.
  Mr. Dunlap noted, during his confirmation hearing, that Mainers--
meaning residents of the State of Maine--I will start that quote over 
again:

       Mainers are famously independent.

  I am confident that we can expect no less from him as a fair and 
impartial judge. Indeed, Mr. Dunlap's career demonstrates that he is a 
thoughtful and sharp lawyer committed to the rule of law, and, in his 
own words, he believes ``the law should be available to all and applied 
fairly to every litigant.''
  For these reasons, he has earned widespread support, including from 
his law school, his coclerks, and his law firm colleagues.
  I am confident that Mr. Dunlap will make an outstanding judge on the 
First Circuit. I also trust he will take great pride in serving his 
State and our Nation.
  President Trump and Senator Collins made an outstanding choice in Mr. 
Dunlap.
  Eric Tung is another great selection. He completed his undergraduate 
degree at Yale and graduated with high honors at the University of 
Chicago Law School. He clerked for Justice Scalia on the U.S. Supreme 
Court, and he also clerked for Justice Gorsuch, both during his tenure 
on the Tenth Circuit and upon Justice Gorsuch's elevation to the U.S. 
Supreme Court.
  Mr. Tung was a Bristow fellow in the Justice Department's Office of 
Solicitor General, where he worked on numerous cases before the 
Nation's highest Court.
  During President Trump's first administration, he also worked as an 
assistant U.S. attorney in the Central District of California. As a 
Federal prosecutor, Mr. Tung handled a broad array of criminal matters, 
including firearm offenses, drug trafficking, and fraud.
  In recent years, Mr. Tung has focused on civil litigation and appeals 
in private practice. He was appointed by the chief justice of the 
California Supreme Court to serve as the sole civil appellate 
practitioner on the Appellate Indigent Defense Oversight Advisory 
Committee.
  In every facet, Mr. Tung has been an outstanding appellate lawyer. 
Based on his stellar credentials and his stellar reputation, it is no 
surprise that his nomination is supported by his law firm colleagues 
and the various coclerks that he has worked with at the Tenth Circuit 
and the U.S. Supreme Court.
  Like Mr. Dunlap, I believe Mr. Tung will make a phenomenal judge and 
serve this Nation honorably and with distinction. I encourage my 
colleagues to support both of these fine circuit court nominees.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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