ms. mcgrath to become a u.s. attorney california where she is a proven record for doing just that by holding up her nomination for no specific reason and jeopardizing the many people who innocently expect us to do our duty. these are individuals responsible for drive-by shootings child affection attempts and thanks to ms. mcgrath they are off the streets page recently returned to military roots serving as a lawyer for the record in japan since 2019. she has representative america admirably and she been outstanding u.s. attorney. the third u.s. attorney nominee is rebecca lasko. this one is interesting. she was nominated to the u.s. northern district of ohio her home state of the senator who upheld her nomination. >> she's a long-term prosecutor and attended georgetown university law before the sixth circuit. after seven years in private practice mr. lasko joined the u.s. attorneys office handled cases involving prescription drug trafficking gun crimes and corruption. she eventually became the chief of the office

ms. mcgrath from becoming a u.s. attorney in california where she has a proven record of doing just that. by holding up her nomination for no specific reason, you're jeopardizing the safety of so many people who innocently expect us to do our duty. these are individuals, the ones she has prosecuted, responsible for drive-by shootings, child abduction attempts, meth distribution. thanks to ms. mcgrath they are off the streets. she recently returned to her military roots, served as a lawyer in the marine corps in okinawa in japan. she has represented america admirably. she would be an outstanding u.s. attorney. a third u.s. attorney nominee being held up is rebecca c. lutzko. this one is interesting. she was nominated to be u.s. attorney for the northern district of ohio, the home state of the senator who is holding up her nomination. she's a longtime federal prosecutor. she attended boston university and georgetown university law before clerking on the u.s. court of appeals for the sixth circuit. after seven years in

ms. mcgrath, and all the qualified nominees before us and take seriously the job that americans have sent us here to do. thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. durbin: madam president, i rise today to speak about the critical role that u.s. attorneys play in keeping america safe from the scourge of drugs, like opioids, fentanyl, gun violence and violent crime. why are we on the floor? we're on the floor because one senator has decided to stop the appointment of the united states attorneys for the department of justice across the united states. he's picked four states, one is a pretty red state, mississippi, california, ohio, his own home state, and my state of illinois, to stop the u.s. attorneys from being approved by the united states senate. this is a pattern. the senator from alabama, senator tuberville, has stopped 300 military officers, career officers, from getting a promotion for more than six months. many of these career officers, women and men who fought in combat, we salute them every memorial day