[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 6709-6710]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




NOMINATION OF THEODORE DAVID CHUANG TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
                FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND--Continued

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays, and I 
yield back any remaining time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, all time is yielded back.
  Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient 
second.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination 
of Theodore David Chuang, of Maryland, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Maryland?
  The yeas and nays are ordered.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) 
and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) are necessarily absent.
  Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Moran), and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Murphy). Are there any other Senators in 
the Chamber desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 53, nays 42, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 127 Ex.]

                                YEAS--53

     Baldwin
     Begich
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Boxer
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Donnelly
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Heinrich
     Heitkamp
     Hirono
     Johnson (SD)
     Kaine
     King
     Klobuchar
     Landrieu
     Leahy
     Levin
     Manchin
     Markey
     McCaskill
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Nelson
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Rockefeller
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Stabenow
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Walsh
     Warner
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--42

     Alexander
     Ayotte
     Barrasso
     Blunt
     Burr
     Chambliss
     Coats
     Coburn
     Cochran
     Collins
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Enzi
     Fischer
     Flake
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hatch
     Heller
     Hoeven
     Inhofe
     Isakson
     Johanns
     Johnson (WI)
     Kirk
     Lee
     McCain
     McConnell
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Roberts
     Scott
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Thune
     Toomey
     Vitter
     Wicker

                             NOT VOTING--5

     Boozman
     Moran
     Rubio
     Sanders
     Tester
  The nomination was confirmed.
  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, earlier today, I voted against 
confirmation for Theodore David Chuang to be U.S. district judge for 
the District of Maryland because of his involvement in the State 
Department's response to Congressional inquiries into the attack on the 
U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, Libya. The State Department refused to comply 
with a subpoena from the House Oversight and Government Reform 
Committee without citing any valid privilege. I cannot support any 
nominee who played a part in stonewalling attempts by Congress to 
uncover the truth surrounding the events in Benghazi on September 11, 
2012.

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