Senate Republicans Successfully Break Democrat Blockade of Crucial Law Enforcement Officials

WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) applauded the Senate's confirmation of 16 U.S. Attorney nominees confirmed as part of a nominations package of 107 executive nominees.

"U.S. Attorneys are an essential component of law enforcement - responsible for prosecuting violent criminals, protecting the public and enforcing the rule of law. For nine months, Senate Democrats engaged in historic obstruction of law enforcement, placing an unprecedented hold on all 93 U.S. Attorney nominees. Even as our nation reeled from horrific mass shootings, attacks on federal facilities and a devastating political assassination, Democrats have continued to deny American communities their top federal law enforcement officials. Democrats' political games, partisan obstruction and sustained unwillingness to accept the results of last year's election have put the American public in harm's way.

"I'm proud Senate Republicans broke through the Democrat blockade and successfully confirmed 16 U.S. Attorneys to serve their respective communities. We won't allow Democrats to stand in the way of Americans' safety and wellbeing."

The U.S. Attorneys confirmed today include:

• Kurt Alme, to be United States Attorney for the District of Montana;
• Nicholas Chase, to be United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota;
• Bart McKay Davis, to be United States Attorney for the District of Idaho;
• David Metcalf, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania;
• Daniel Rosen, to be United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota;
• Lesley Murphy, to be United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska;
• Ronald A. Parsons, Jr., to be United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota;
• Kurt Wall, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana;
• David Waterman, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa;
• Leif Olson, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa;
• Adam Sleeper, to be United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands;
• Arch Capito, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia;
• David Toepfer, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio;
• David Dunavant, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee;
• Matthew Harvey, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia; and
• John Heekin, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

Additional Department of Justice nominees confirmed as part of today's nominations package include:

• Stanley Woodward, Jr., to be Associate Attorney General; and
• Patrick Davis, to be the Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice's Office of Legislative Affairs.

Background:

Despite having bipartisan support and being favorably reported out of the Judiciary Committee, U.S. Attorney nominees have languished on the Senate floor due to the?blanket hold?Democrats placed on all 93 U.S. Attorneys earlier this year.

Senate Democrats claimed a false precedent to justify their obstruction, citing then-Senator J.D. Vance's limited hold on a small number of U.S. Attorney nominees in the latter half of the Biden administration. However, Democrats' blanket hold, which began at the beginning of President Trump's second term, impacts every single U.S. Attorney Trump nominates.

During the Biden administration, ninety-four percent?of U.S. Attorneys were confirmed by a unanimous, bipartisan voice vote.?By contrast, zero percent?of U.S. Attorneys have been confirmed by voice vote during the second Trump administration.

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