Burr: Confirm Conrad to Fourth Circuit

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:56:56 -0400

U.S. Sen. Richard Burr urged his colleagues to act on the nomination of Robert J. Conrad to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Burr, a Winston-Salem Republican, spoke on the Senate floor this afternoon, Barb Barrett reports.

President Bush nominated Conrad to the post in July 2007, 300 days ago, according to Burr’s office. Conrad now is a federal judge for the western district of North Carolina.

"Bob Conrad is a capable and qualified nominee, and there is no reason why the Senate should continue to drag its feet on his confirmation," Burr said.

Burr's colleague, Sen. Elizabeth Dole, then called on the Senate to confirm Conrad and Thomas A. Farr.

"Bob Conrad is recognized as a judge and judicial scholar of the first order ... by the attorneys who've appeared before him and the judges with whom he works," she said.

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