[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 26718]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       NOMINATION FOR THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, the nomination of Mr. Stuart Ishimaru to 
be a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the 
Department of Labor was approved today by the Health, Education, Labor 
and Pensions Committee, and I look forward to prompt confirmation of 
this qualified nominee by the full Senate.
  Mr. Ishimaru brings a distinguished legal background and a 
demonstrated commitment to public service to the position.
  For 10 years he served as counsel to the House Judiciary and Armed 
Services Committees and was a counsel and deputy assistant Attorney 
General in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division under 
Attorney General Janet Reno.
  Through these positions he has helped enforce the great civil rights 
laws we have enacted over the last 50 years, from protections for the 
elderly, to protections for people with disabilities, to protection 
from discrimination in the workplace. And he has done so with a sense 
of fairness, compassion, and integrity that has earned him wide 
respect. I know he will continue his excellent work by enforcing our 
Nation's employment laws at the EEOC.
  I urge my colleagues to support this well qualified nominee to the 
EEOC.

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