[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4474]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    MIGUEL ESTRADA FOR FEDERAL JUDGE

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of 
Miguel Estrada who has been nominated by President Bush to the Circuit 
Court of Appeals.
  Mr. Estrada has an outstanding record. He graduated magna cum laude 
in 1986 from Harvard Law School where he was editor of the Harvard Law 
Review. He has clerked for the U.S. Supreme Court and served in a high 
position for the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office. He has practiced 
constitutional law and argued 15 cases before the Supreme Court.
  Miguel Estrada's credentials prove that he is ready to be a Federal 
judge.
  As the Washington Post said in a February 17 editorial, ``The 
arguments against Mr. Estrada's confirmation range from the 
unpersuasive to the offensive.'' Some say he is too young or lacks 
judicial experience, and some have even disgracefully inferred that he 
is not a real Hispanic.
  It is time for these shameful antics against Miguel Estrada to end, 
as he is well-qualified to be a Federal judge. I stand beside the 
President in support of Mr. Estrada.

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