mr. mangiceived the highest possible rating for judicial nominees from the american bar association, a bipartisan bipartisan group former state attorneys general have written in support of his nomination writing, it is our collective judgment that mr. mangi is eminently qualified to sit on the court. mr. mangi's legal career has been exemplary of a to the rule of law and upholding constitutional principles. folks from the left folks from the right, law groups and more. he has not only earned this nomination from the president of the united rom that have been celebrated by groups all across our political spectrum. and people in charge of our public safety new jersey. despite all of this though what is outrageous to me disappointing and he's facing unimaginable attacks not on anything that he's said or ten, not on the cases he's successfully tried, but he is facing attacks on his character character, and these attacks are recalling some of the darkest chapters of our nation's history. the attacks

mr. mangi's law firm. while his extremist friends are doubling down on mr. mangi's elite firm seems to be saying quote, not so fast. he doesn't speak for us end quote. the judiciary committee investigation into this nominee, they found that his firm is an illicit sponsor of a fellowship at the same anti-semitic center at rutgers that mr. mangi advised. but now, a look at the center's website, shows that the law firm firm's name has been removed. indeed the the judiciary committee that it asked to be removed after learning about the center's outrageous outrageous activities. the firm said having had the opportunity to review the center's activities it will not continue to support. traditional liberals are distancing themselves from mr. mangi, while radicals embrace him. the senate should reject him. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presid quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. >> i will yield back but i been doing to step for almost a decade and a seemed like you every manner of threat out there and though i've seen every matter of threat out there and app

mr. mangihas the votes. this produced of course a panic on the a "new york times" columnist accused of islamo phobia. democrats, on the other hand were urged to get in line and vote for hi who is it giving this advice? well the author of the piece herself had previously speculated that israel may be engaged in genocide in gaza. she called the israeli war of self- self-defense eternal house of horrors. she defended the anti-semitic boycott divest and sanction movement and got mealymouth about 7 attacks, saying that either can blame who started it and who is to to biblical time as to who was responsible between israel and what has mr. mangi done to deserve friends like these, or indeed toerit such vehement defense from the biden administration? just yesterday, the white house called opposition to mr. mangi's opposition a, quote, smear campaign solely because he would make history as the first appellate judge. how insulting. what self-respecting attorney wants to hear a president cares more about

as mr. mangible for any statement that i've ever made, any word that i have ever written or any action i have ever taken. and he went 0en to should not b accountable for statements made by people i do not know and events i was not involved in. mr. mangi is right. he should be based on his record, not on dishonest, insi. i urge my colleagues to support his nomination, and i yield the floor.y we mr. mr. welch: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. welch: thank you. before i begin my remarks, i want to associate myself with the remarks of the chair of the judiciary committee about the nominee. everything he true. i share his horror at the vilification of him, which i do believe is based on his standi member of the federal court. so thank you, mr. chairman, for your defense on behalf of an excellence nominee. mr. president, i'm here to talk about the post office and the frustration we're havin in vermont with the management of the post office, starting with mr. dejoy,ur g

mr. mangi's character. i thought they were -- initially rooted in his religion.y had nothing to do at all with his competence, with his experience, with his qualifications to serve on the court. i was honored to sit on for a number of years. and i just thought that it is so outrageous that something had to be done, and quite honestly, it was an honor to have the opportunity to stand up on his behalf. when i have a sense that someone is being slandered and really torn down based on these kinds of untruths and bigotry and all of the horrible things that were said at the judiciary committee hearing and written about him afterward, there is just no way that i could stand by and allow that to happen, and frankly i think that most americans feel the same way. >> the text from republicans appears to have an impact on democrats. this week catherine cortez masto of nevada came out against mangi's nomination taking issue with his affiliation with a nonprofit organization called the alliance of families for justice. she states that this organization advocated for the releas

mr. mangi not stop at ties to terrorist sympathizers. it turns out he also has a history of support for anti-police activism. in fact, he serves on the advisory board of a group of apologists for convicted cop killers. the so-called alliance of families for justice, afg, was founded in part by a woman who actually pled guilty to the murder of a police officer and whose name has graced a fellowship that they fund. with mr. mangi on their advisory board, the afg celebrated her and other cop killers as -- listen to this -- freedom fighters. take,xecutive director of afg. she was counselled record on a brief to spring for a notorious cop killer. honoring criminals and punishing law enforcement is the exact opposite of justice. one county police association in new rk highlighted this irony by pointing out that mr. mangi's heroescuted our heroes who were protecting and serving the community. naturally law enforcement associations across country share this concern. they are concerned that a nominee wh

the leaderisf an op-ed calling mr. mangiamas' favorite judicial nominee and included a picture of mangi with a hamas flag edited to appear over his face. classy stuff, again, and tweeted that mangi should and i'm quoting here go serve as a judge in gaza, you anti-semite. just beautiful stuff. leonard leo and trump world are also propping up yet another dark money group attacking mangi and othervative partnership institute. "the new york times" recently called the conservative partnership institute a, quote breeding ground for the next generation of trump loyalists. it has received millions of dollars from donors' trust,as and i quote here the dark money atm of the right. it builds no product. it offers no service. what it does is launders the identity of donors so that if you're a big donor and you want to send money into politics you send it to donors' trust first, and then the report say to the the source is donors trust and not whoever really gave it. that's what it lives to do. and hundreds of millions of ll doit. it als

because i've been told by other members of the muslim faith in the wake of what has happened to mr. mangind these are prominent muslim lawyers that they do not feel that it would be worth pursueing a federal judgeship in the climate and in this atmosphere. that is awful. that is terrible. and it should not be condoned. we need diversity in courts throughout the country because of the lived experienced that each judge, each person who serves brings. we see how that manifests at the united states supreme court level and -- and below. and it's very important that we have that. >> that's former federal judge timothy k. lewis. thank you for your time. >> thank you for having me. >> in a historic first a kidney from a genetically modified pig has been successfully transplanted into a human. the technique used in the surgery last weekend is a big step forward and could have wide implications. >> the patient here is a 62 year-old black man whose kidneys were failing and he was on dialysis for years. this kind of human to animal transplant is one that researchers hope to do more of because there a