WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) welcomed the Senate’s confirmation of Whitney D. Hermandorfer to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit. Hermandorfer was confirmed by a vote of 46-42 and is the first judicial nominee to be confirmed during the 119th Congress.
“Whitney Hermandorfer’s confirmation is a boon to the federal judiciary. As the Director of the Strategic Litigation Unit in Tennessee, she’s led major cases on civil rights and the separation of powers and is widely praised for her legal mind, impeccable qualifications, collegial nature and constitutionalist philosophy. I was proud to lead Ms. Hermandorfer’s nomination through the Senate Judiciary Committee and am confident she will be an excellent federal judge,” Grassley said. “Despite Democrat obstruction, Senate Republicans will push forward to confirm President Trump’s nominees. More than 80 percent of judicial nominees in the Judiciary Committee last Congress received bipartisan support. I hope Democrats can learn to let down their opposition to law and order nominees and begin good faith participation in the Senate’s advice and consent role this Congress.”
Watch Grassley discuss Hermandorfer’s nomination on the Senate floor HERE.
Background:
In the first six months of the 119th Congress, Senate Republicans:
The 119th Congress began with 10 straight weeks of voting in the Senate – the longest continuous stretch in more than 15 years. In total, the Senate has been in session and voting for 24 of the last 27 weeks and has held more roll call votes this year than every Congress at this point in the last 35-plus years.
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