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Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On Today’s Vote To Advance DeAndrea Benjamin’s Nomination To The Fourth Circuit And Continuing To Prioritize Judicial Nominations This Congress

Washington, D.C.   Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor ahead of the Senate taking its first judicial nomination vote of the 118th Congress. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

Before Senators join with our House colleagues for the State of the Union, the Senate will take its first judicial nomination vote of the Congress by advancing DeAndrea Benjamin to serve as a Circuit Court Judge for the Fourth Circuit. If confirmed, Judge Benjamin would make history as only the second woman of color to sit on that court, a long-overdue step in making sure the bench reflects the vibrancy of the Fourth Circuit.

Judge Benjamin’s credentials are unassailable, and I thank my Republican colleagues in the Judiciary Committee who supported her.

The Senate is going to continue prioritizing judicial confirmations on the floor this Congress. We have a lot of outstanding men and women coming out of the Judiciary very soon, and we’ll work quickly to move them out of this chamber and onto the bench.

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