[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 24382]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        SUPPORT FOR SAMUEL ALITO

  (Mr. FRANKS of Arizona asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. Mr. Speaker, there is a new dawn in America 
today as President Bush has nominated Samuel Alito to be an associate 
justice on the United States Supreme Court.
  Justice Alito has been a prosecutor and is renowned for courageously 
taking a stand against organized crime in New Jersey. He was a U.S. 
Attorney in the District of New Jersey. He has been an assistant 
attorney general in the Reagan administration, as well as an assistant 
solicitor general.
  Judge Alito is a first generation American. His father was an 
immigrant from Italy. He has served in the United States Army Reserve 
for 8 years, being honorably discharged at the rank of captain.
  Judge Alito is an outstanding jurist with more experience as a judge 
than any Supreme Court nominee in the last 70 years. He has been seated 
on the Third Circuit Court for 15 years and has written opinions on 
over 300 cases.
  Mr. Speaker, Judge Samuel Alito is one of the most prolific, 
experienced legal minds we have in this country today. We are blessed 
to have him in public service. I urge the other body to give him the 
consideration and respect that he has so laboriously earned all of his 
life.

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