[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 14, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3917]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                   Nomination of Matthew A. Schwartz

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm 
Matthew A. Schwartz to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second 
Circuit.
  Mr. Schwartz joins the growing line of Trump personal lawyers who 
have been nominated to the bench during Trump's second term.
  Even as we consider his nomination, Mr. Schwartz is actively 
representing the President in two cases on appeal: Trump's 34-count 
conviction in the Stormy Daniels hush money case and the $464 million 
judgment against him, his family members, and businesses for inflating 
business assets.
  During his hearing, Senator Booker asked Mr. Schwartz about the 
President's reported outstanding $400,000 debt to Sullivan & Cromwell, 
an obvious conflict of interest. Mr. Schwartz downplayed that sum as 
``an extraordinarily small amount.''
  Mr. Schwartz also represented Tesla in its successful appeal of a 
judgment from the Delaware Court of Chancery voiding Elon Musk's $50 
billion compensation package.
  While Musk raked in the billions Mr. Schwartz helped secure, he took 
a chainsaw to nearly every aspect of our government.
  For these reasons, I will be opposing Mr. Schwartz's nomination.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The minority whip.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the scheduled 
vote start immediately.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.