[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6551]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                      NOMINATION OF SHERYL LIPMAN

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, today, the House will consider the nomination 
by President Obama of Ms. Sheryl Lipman to be a district court judge in 
the Western District of Tennessee.
  Yesterday, with less than 60 votes, cloture was lifted in the Senate.
  Ms. Lipman will assuredly be confirmed by the Senate today. She is an 
outstanding jurist whom I recommended to the President. She was counsel 
to the University of Memphis, an esteemed attorney in private practice, 
and the executive director of Diversity Memphis, a group that brings 
people together. She was recommended by a bipartisan group of ad hoc 
lawyers in Memphis as the highest-qualified person seeking the 
position. She will serve the district well.
  I commend President Obama for his nomination, and I thank Senators 
Alexander and Corker for their bipartisanship in voting for the lifting 
of cloture, voting for her today, and helping this nomination come 
about.

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