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Excerpt from Nomination of Russell Frank Canan: Hearing Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session on Nomination of Russell Frank Canan to Be Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia; August 3, 1993
The Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 11:09 a.m., in room SD-342, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Jim Sasser presiding.
Opening Statement of Senator Sasser
Present: Senators Sasser and McCain.
Committee staff assigned: Doris Clanton, Deborah Cohen (Senator Glenn); Susanne Marshall (Senator Roth); John Wagster, John Belferman (Senator Sasser); and Paul Feeney (Senator McCain).
Senator Sasser. [Presiding.] The Committee will come to order.
I want to apologize to our witnesses this morning and the nominee for being late in getting started. We had four successive votes on the floor of the Senate this morning, and that is what has delayed us.
Today, the Committee on Governmental Affairs will be hearing the nomination of Mr. Russell F. Canan. Would you come forward, Mr. Canan, and take your seat, please, at the witness table?
I want to welcome you here this morning, Mr. Canan. As you know, you have been nominated to fill a vacancy for Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. If I am not mistaken, Mr. Canan, you have the distinction of being the first person nominated for a judicial vacancy by President Bill Clinton here in the District of Columbia.
The President selected Mr. Canan back on March 3 of this year from a list of three eligible candidates submitted by the District of Columbia Judicial Nominating Commission, and, if confirmed, the nominee before the Committee this morning will, we hope, serve a full 15-year term on the court.
The record of this morning's hearings will include the nominee's biographical and financial statements. For the benefit of those in attendance and for the record, I would like to summarize briefly Mr. Canan's background and qualifications.
I think the nominee before us this morning has demonstrated an unsurpassed commitment to members of our society and of the citizens of this city, in particular, who are most disadvantaged and often in need of legal services.
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