Senate Judiciary Committee Advances 13 Judicial and Executive Nominees

WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the following nominations:

Anna St. John, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, by a vote of 12-10.
Gregory Carl Cook, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, by a vote of 12-10.
Adam Candeub, to be an Assistant Attorney General, by a vote of 12-10.
John Peter Cronan, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission, by a vote of 12-10.
Jason Manion, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission, by a vote of 12-10.
Claire McCusker Murray, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission, by a vote of 15-7.
Luis Felipe Restrepo, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission, by a vote of 22-0.
Joy Lynne Pittman Thorp, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, by a vote of 12-10.
Steven Weinhoeft, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, by a vote of 19-3.
William Gerald Hardy, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Alabama, by a vote of 16-6.
Philip Lewis III, to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, by a vote of 15-7.
Seth Reister, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Florida, by a vote of 18-4.
Jurgen Ryan Soekhoe, to be United States Marshal for the District of Columbia, by a vote of 12-10.

Watch the executive business meeting HERE. Read Chairman Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) opening statement HERE.

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