[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 26429]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                              NOMINATIONS

  Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, as my colleagues know, I have been 
urging the Majority Leader to schedule Senate debate and votes on two 
nominees for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals --Marsha Berzon and 
Richard Paez. Judge Paez was first nominated 45 months ago. Ms. 
Berzon's nomination has been pending for almost 2 years.
  I know that the Majority Leader supports the nomination of Glenn 
McCullough to the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
  I have no objection to voting on Mr. McCullough. I voted him 
favorably out of the Environment and Public Works Committee this week.
  What I do object to is keeping the nominations of Judge Paez and 
Marsha Berzon from the Senate floor long after they have been voted out 
of committee.
  So I have no problem with Senator Lott's nominee, who has been 
waiting for a Senate vote for two days--as long as Senator Lott and the 
Republican majority also consider those who have been waiting years for 
a vote.

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