the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, myrna perez of new york to be united states circuit judge of thed circuit. cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 338, myrna perez of new york to be united states circuit judge for the second circuit, signed by 17 senators as follow- mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: finally, i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum calls for the cloture motions filed today, october 19, be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to legislative session, be in a period of morning business, with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the judiciary committee be discharged from further consideration and the senate now proceed to s. res. 267.

if confirmed myrna perez would be a remarkable, remarkable addition to the bench. she'd be the only hispanic juror to sit on the second circuit and the first since justice sonia sotomayor. and just as i was proud to support justice sotomayor's nomination, i even subjected her name -- suggested her name to the supreme court with president obama that i'm proud of, i'm also proud to champion her elevation to the bench. her life is the embodiment to the american dream. the daughter of mexican immigrants she grew up in san antonio, texas, where her father was an army veteran who worked as a consultant while her mother worked in the post office. as myrna herself will tell you, growing up in a family of immigrants often met breaking through linguistic, culture -- cultural and racial barriers and perhaps nowhere else did these barriers leave an important imprint on myrna than when her aunt took her to the polls on election day. it was there when she realized an election system built from bbyzantine rules counted out -- it's a first for making our democracy work for all and

yesterday we took a big step forward towards achieving that goal by confirming myrna perez to serve on second circuit, one of the most important courts in the land. and the judges we will begin considering today continue that effort. more civil rights lawyers, more ders candidates, -- diverse candidates, more federal defenders. today the senate has confirmed 13 nominees to serve on our district courts with 20 overall lifetime appointments to the federal bench. many of these individuals are knocking down long-standing barriers to the halls of justice. the first native american judge, the first muslim american district judge, and among all of president's nominees to date, over half, over half are women. we're proud of that. in a broader sense, president biden's judicial nominees are also expanding and rewriting the rules of who merits consideration for the bench. our federal courts have long been presided over by former corporate lawyers and prosecutors and men. to be sure, many of these individuals have served admirably as judges and i've been proud to support many of them over the year