{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/news/cornyn-statement-on-confirmation-of-angela-colmenero-for-u-s-district-court-in-houston/", "Cornyn Statement on Confirmation of Angela Colmenero for U.S. District Court in Houston", "2026-09-23", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "TX", "John Cornyn", "C001056", "www.cornyn.senate.gov", "cornyn", "https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/news/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm President Trump\u2019s nomination of Angela Colmenero to be a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas \u2013 Houston Division. Video of Sen. Cornyn introducing Ms. Colmenero earlier this year in the Senate Judiciary Committee can be found here.\n\n\u201cAfter nearly two decades in public service to the Lone Star State, Angela Colmenero is well equipped to serve as a District Court Judge,\u201d said Sen. Cornyn. \u201cI am grateful Angela will bring her exceptional legal acumen, sound judgment, and devotion to the rule of law in this new role, and I look forward to seeing her on the bench.\u201d\n\nSenators Cornyn and Ted Cruz (R-TX) recommended Angela Colmenero to President Trump following an extensive review and interview process of the candidate pool by the bipartisan Federal Judicial Evaluation Committee (FJEC). Sen. Cornyn and Sen. Cruz established the FJEC, a bipartisan panel of leading attorneys in Texas, to help identify the most qualified candidates to fill judicial vacancies. The panel reviewed applications, interviewed candidates, and made recommendations to the Senators, who interviewed individuals before making their recommendations to the President.\n\nColmenero has served in Office of Texas Governor Greg Abbott since 2018, where she most recently served as Deputy Chief of Staff. Prior to that, she served as Principal Deputy General Counsel to the Governor and Deputy General Counsel to the Governor. Colmenero previously held various leadership positions for nearly a decade at the Texas Attorney General\u2019s Office, including as Chief of the General Litigation Division and Deputy Chief of the Special Litigation Division. She is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School and the University of Texas at Austin.", 1, "2026-09-24T09:44:48Z", "2026-09-24T09:45:52Z"]], "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.cornyn.senate.gov/news/cornyn-statement-on-confirmation-of-angela-colmenero-for-u-s-district-court-in-houston/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9119012393057346, "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"}