Judiciary Committee Advances Assistant Attorney General, Six U.S. Attorneys and Six Judicial Nominations, Along with Bipartisan Foreign Lobbying Bill

WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the following nominations:

• Daniel E. Burrows, to be an Assistant Attorney General, by a vote of 12-10;

• Megan Blair Benton, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, by a vote of 12-10;

• David Clay Fowlkes, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, by a vote of 14-8;

• Nicholas Jon Ganjei, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, by a vote of 12-10;

• Brian Charles Lea, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, by a vote of 12-10;

• Justin R. Olson, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, by a vote of 12-10;

• Aaron Christian Peterson, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, by a vote of 14-8;

• Andrew Benson, to be United States Attorney for the District of Maine, by a vote of 19-3;

• William Boyle, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, by a vote of 12-10;

• Kevin Holmes, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, by a vote of 12-10;

• Brian David Miller, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, by a vote of 12-10;

• Richard Price, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, by a vote of 12-10; and

• Darin Smith, to be United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming, by a vote of 12-10.

The Committee also unanimously voted to advance the CLEAR Path Act, led by Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.). The bipartisan bill would mitigate foreign influence on U.S. policymaking by prohibiting former government employees from lobbying on behalf of countries of concern.

Watch the executive business meeting HERE. Read Chairman Chuck Grassley's (R-Iowa) opening statement at the executive business meeting HERE.

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