[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7763]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          ROSENBAUM NOMINATION

  Mr. NELSON. Madam President, shortly we are going to have votes on a 
number of judges, and I want to call to the attention of the Senate 
Federal district judge Robin Rosenbaum. She has been nominated by the 
President to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Judicial 
Circuit.
  The two Senators from Florida, Senator Rubio and I, have a proud 
tradition in Florida of bipartisan support for our judicial nominees, 
and Judge Rosenbaum's selection is just another example in that 20-
some-year experience in Florida of selecting our judges through a 
judicial nominating commission. In fact, this is the second time 
Florida's two Senators come together to support Robin Rosenbaum's 
nomination--this time for the circuit court--since we, a couple years 
ago, had recommended her to the President, the President chose her, and 
she has been a Federal district judge in the Southern District of 
Florida for the last couple of years. The vacancy was created by Judge 
Rosemary Barkett, who recently retired from the Eleventh Circuit. Judge 
Barkett was also a very distinguished judge from the State of Florida.
  We are concerned about the alarming vacancy rate in our judiciary. 
The Eleventh Circuit is one of the busiest in the country. It has 
multiple vacancies.
  Judge Rosenbaum is clearly not controversial. The two Senators are 
supporting her nomination. She received the ABA's highest rating--
unanimously ``well qualified''--and she has been approved, obviously, 
by the Senate Judiciary Committee. She is going to make a fine addition 
to the Eleventh Circuit, and at 5:30 p.m. this afternoon she will be 
the first judge up for confirmation. I urge my colleagues to confirm 
her nomination.
  I thank the Presiding Officer.
  I yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
order for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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