[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20176]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      IN SUPPORT OF JUDGE ROBERTS

  (Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to voice my 
strong support for President Bush's nominee for Chief Justice, Judge 
John Roberts, Jr., who started his confirmation hearings in the Senate 
this week.
  Fortunately, Judge Roberts has been applauded through editorial 
boards throughout the Nation, including some papers in my State. In 
fact, the Greenville News said: ``It is fitting that Rehnquist's 
brilliant law clerk, Judge Roberts, a man seemingly cut from the same 
judicial cloth, was nominated Monday by President Bush to become the 
Nation's 17th Chief Justice, and a man of integrity and fairness.''
  Mr. Speaker, Judge Roberts is the kind of judge this country needs. 
He will apply the law as written and decide each case on its merits 
regardless of his political views. Republicans and Democrats alike have 
acknowledged Judge Roberts' outstanding career. Democratic lawyers 
Lloyd Cutler and Seth Waxman and former Republican House Counsel C. 
Boyden Gray have cited his unquestioned integrity and fair-mindedness 
in praising him.
  Judge Roberts is the right man for the job, and I strongly support 
his speedy confirmation.

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