[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18207]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     SUPPORT FOR JUDGE JOHN ROBERTS

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                           HON. BILL SHUSTER

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 26, 2005

  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I would like to voice my strong support for 
the President's Supreme Court nominee Judge John Roberts. His personal 
qualifications are exemplary and are more than befitting for a Supreme 
Court Justice.
  Judge Robert's educational record speaks for itself. He graduated 
Summa Cum Laude from Harvard in only 3 years and also received his law 
degree there with high honors. Additionally, he served as an editor of 
the Harvard Law Review.
  I believe that Judge Roberts will be fair and non-partisan and serve 
America's highest court well. According to The National Journal, ``John 
Roberts seems a good bet to be the kind of judge we should all want to 
have--all of us, that is, who are looking less for congenial ideologues 
than for professionals committed to the impartial application of the 
law.''
  Likewise, his personal integrity is unquestionable. For example, in 
1995, Judge Roberts argued the case of Barry v. Little in which he 
represented a class of the neediest welfare recipients free of charge 
before the DC Court of Appeals.
  Republicans and Democrats alike have also acknowledged Judge Roberts' 
outstanding character. Democratic lawyers Lloyd Cutler and Seth Waxman 
and former Republic White House Counsel C. Boyden Gray have cited his 
``unquestioned integrity and fairmindedness.''
  Mr. Speaker, it is clear that Judge Roberts offers everything we 
could ask for in a Supreme Court nominee. I therefore urge the Senate 
to hold fair and speedy hearings in order to fill this vacancy as soon 
as possible.

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