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Cornyn Comments on Pryor Appointment

Date: Feb. 20, 2004
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Issues: Federal, State and Local Relations

CORNYN COMMENTS ON PRYOR APPOINTMENT

FORT WORTH-U.S. Senator John Cornyn, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the following statement Friday regarding the recess appointment of Alabama Attorney General William H. Pryor:

"The President made the decision to appoint this well-qualified nominee because of the unprecedented filibuster that Pryor and other nominees have faced. This is a constitutional response to an unconstitutional filibuster.

"Those who have chosen to continually filibuster the President's well-qualified judicial nominees have driven the President to use his authority and ensure that our judicial system continues.

"Bill Pryor is a good man who had the support of a bipartisan, majority of the Senate and was refused an up-or-down vote. He will serve well in his new role on the federal bench."

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