Senate Confirms 324th Obama Judicial Nominee Waverly Crenshaw

Prepared Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee
Consideration of Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr.
to be a District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee
Monday, April 11, 2016

Today, the Senate is expected to confirm Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr. to be a district judge for the Middle District of Tennessee. I offer my congratulations to Mr. Crenshaw on his confirmation. Mr. Crenshaw is President Obama’s 324th judicial nominee confirmed since he took office in 2009. To put this in perspective, at the same point in his eighth year, President Bush had only 303 judicial nominees confirmed by the Senate. Furthermore, throughout his entire presidency, the Senate confirmed 326 of President Bush’s judicial nominees. Including tonight’s vote, the Senate will only be 2 judges shy of the total number it confirmed under President Bush.  

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