[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2147]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                      NOMINATION OF TIMOTHY B. DYK

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, Senate action on Timothy Dyk's nomination 
to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is long overdue. 
He has waited almost two years for this vote. Yet he is a nationally 
known and exceptionally well-regarded attorney who received a 
``Qualified'' rating from the American Bar Association and was well 
received by the Senate Judiciary Committee. He deserves a favorable 
vote by the Senate here today.
  Mr. Dyk is an honors graduate of both Harvard College and Harvard Law 
School. After graduation he served as a law clerk for Chief Justice 
Earl Warren, and for Justices Stanley Reed and Harold Burton. He served 
in the Justice Department for a year in the early 1960's and has spent 
the last 37 years as a distinguished and highly respected attorney in 
private practice in Washington, DC. He has argued cases before the 
Supreme Court and in numerous Federal courts of appeals, including five 
cases before the Federal Circuit. He clearly has the qualifications and 
ability to serve on the Federal Circuit with great distinction.
  Mr. Dyk's nomination is supported by a variety of corporations and 
organizations, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National 
Association of Manufacturers, the National Association of Broadcasters, 
the Labor Policy Association, the American Trucking Association, Kodak, 
and IBM.
  Timothy Dyk is highly qualified to serve on the Federal Circuit. He 
should have been confirmed long ago, and I urge my colleagues to 
approve his nomination today.

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