Senate Committee on the Judiciary Executive Meeting on Consideration of Judge John Jarvey

Senate Committee on the Judiciary Executive Meeting on Consideration of Judge John Jarvey

Here is Grassley's prepared statement from this morning's business meeting.

Prepared Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa

Senate Committee on the Judiciary Executive Meeting on Consideration of Judge John Jarvey

Chairman Leahy, I appreciate you putting Judge John Jarvey on this week's Judiciary Committee agenda. Judge Jarvey has been nominated to serve as a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa. This Committee considered Judge Jarvey's nomination in the 109th Congress, but unfortunately the full Senate never had a chance to approve it. I'm glad that now we're moving expeditiously on his nomination, and I'm hopeful that he'll be confirmed by the Senate prior to the recess.

I'd like to give my colleagues a little background on this stellar nominee. Judge Jarvey comes from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Since 1987, he's been the Chief United States Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court, Northern District of Iowa. He also has been a Trial Advocacy instructor at the University of Iowa Law School since 1993.

I received many letters from the Iowa legal community praising Judge Jarvey's judicial temperament, courteousness to litigants, and respect for and commitment to our judicial system. He has been praised for his judicial ethics and abilities as an administrator. Many letters commented on Judge Jarvey's intelligence, command of the law and rules of evidence, and his fairness.

Judge Jarvey has been given a unanimous rating of "well qualified" by the ABA. I'm confident that this man possesses the skill, integrity, commitment, intellect, and temperament that we expect of all good judges. So I urge my colleagues to vote in support of Judge Jarvey's nomination.

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