House Resolution 51

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                      BY  EICHHORN
  1  3 A Resolution supporting the nomination of federal
  1  4    court of appeals judicial nominee Miguel A. Estrada.
  1  5    WHEREAS, on May 9, 2001, President George W. Bush
  1  6 nominated Miguel A. Estrada to fill a vacancy on the
  1  7 United States Court of Appeals for the District of
  1  8 Columbia Circuit; and
  1  9    WHEREAS, Mr. Estrada's credentials go uncontested;
  1 10 upon his arrival to the United States as an immigrant
  1 11 from Honduras, he mastered the English language and
  1 12 embraced American culture, and graduated magna cum
  1 13 laude from Columbia University and Harvard Law School;
  1 14 and
  1 15    WHEREAS, more than one and one=half years have
  1 16 passed without a vote on the Senate floor regarding
  1 17 Mr. Estrada's nomination; and
  1 18    WHEREAS, the Senate Judiciary Committee has issued
  1 19 a favorable report to the United States Senate, yet
  1 20 because of partisan politics Democratic Senators
  1 21 threaten to filibuster a Senate floor vote; and
  1 22    WHEREAS, Mr. Estrada has received support from
  1 23 liberal and conservative colleagues alike who attest
  1 24 that he is one of the most brilliant and effective
  1 25 appellate lawyers in the country; and
  1 26    WHEREAS, organizations who support Mr. Estrada
  1 27 include the League of United Latin American Citizens,
  1 28 U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Hispanic National
  1 29 Bar Association, Hispanic Business Roundtable, and the
  1 30 Latino Coalition; and
  2  1    WHEREAS, Mr. Estrada would be the first Hispanic in
  2  2 the country to sit on the United States Court of
  2  3 Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, an important and
  2  4 prestigious position within the nation's Courts of
  2  5 Appeals; NOW THEREFORE,
  2  6    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2  7 That the House of Representatives of the State of Iowa
  2  8 requests that the United States Senate work to allow a
  2  9 vote on the appointment of Mr. Estrada on the floor of
  2 10 the United States Senate.
  2 11 LSB 3399HH 80
  2 12 jm/sh/8