{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/blumenthal-and-murphy-applaud-senate-judiciary-committee-approval-of-district-court-nominee-sarah-russell", "Blumenthal & Murphy Applaud Senate Judiciary Committee Approval of District Court Nominee Sarah Russell", "2023-12-01", "2023", "2023-12", "Democrat", "Senate", "CT", "Richard Blumenthal", "B001277", "www.blumenthal.senate.gov", "blumenthal", "https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press", "scraper", "[WASHINGTON, DC] \u2013 U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) applauded the Senate Judiciary Committee\u2019s approval of Sarah Russell to fill a vacancy on the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. The Judiciary Committee approved Russell\u2019s nomination yesterday by a vote of 11-10. Russell\u2019s nomination will now advance to the full Senate.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m delighted that the Judiciary Committee has moved Sarah Russell\u2019s nomination to the Senate floor, where she should be confirmed promptly,\u201d said Blumenthal, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. \u201cSarah Russell has been a relentless champion of justice\u2014making legal rights real for countless people needing an advocate, and giving voice to the voiceless and most vulnerable. In both the courtroom and classroom, she has led by example. Throughout her stellar career\u2014as a teacher, public defender, and clinic head\u2014upholding the rule of law has been her life\u2019s work. She has earned esteem from opposing litigants as well as allies, including prosecutors, judges and defense attorneys.\u201d\n\n\u201cI\u2019m glad to see Sarah Russell\u2019s nomination to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut approved by the committee. Her legal expertise, commitment to justice, and experience as a litigator make her extremely qualified for this role, and I look forward to voting for her confirmation,\u201d said Murphy.\n\nBlumenthal introduced Russell before her hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee in November. Video of Blumenthal\u2019s remarks is available here.\n\nSarah Russell has served as a Professor at the Quinnipiac University School of Law since 2011 and as Director of the school\u2019s Legal Clinic since 2019. Prior to her time at Quinnipiac, Russell was a Lecturer at Yale Law School and the Director of the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program. Russell also served as an Assistant Federal Public Defender from 2005 to 2007 and as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Chester J. Straub of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Honorable Michael B. Mukasey of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.\n\nRussell is a widely respected member of Connecticut\u2019s legal community, having been appointed by state and federal judges to serve on the Connecticut Sentencing Commission, the Connecticut Committee on Judicial Ethics, and the Federal Grievance Committee. Russell is also an active member of her community, serving on the board of the Hamden Juvenile Review and Connecticut Children\u2019s Museum. Russell received both her undergraduate and law degrees from Yale University.\n\n-30-", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:14:16Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/blumenthal-and-murphy-applaud-senate-judiciary-committee-approval-of-district-court-nominee-sarah-russell"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.0736430305987597, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}