{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/kaine-statement-on-filibuster-of-nina-pillards-nomination-to-the-dc-circuit", "Kaine Statement On Filibuster Of Nina Pillard’s Nomination To The D.C. Circuit", "2013-11-12", "2013", "2013-11", "Democrat", "House", "VA", "Tim Kaine", "K000384", "www.kaine.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Kaine Statement On Filibuster Of Nina Pillard\u2019s Nomination To The D.C. Circuit\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTuesday, November 12, 2013\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement after a minority in the Senate blocked the nomination of Nina Pillard to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit:\r\n\u201cI\u2019m disappointed Senate Republicans have chosen to block the nomination of another highly-qualified nominee to the D.C. Circuit. Nina Pillard is an accomplished litigator who has practiced law at every level of the legal system across the country. She successfully argued the Supreme Court case that opened the Virginia Military Institute to women \u2013 a historic decision that has served Virginia well, even turning a one-time adversary in that case, then-VMI Superintendent Josiah \u2018Cy\u2019 Bunting III, into a strong supporter of her nomination.\r\n\u201cThe filibuster of Ms. Pillard\u2019s nomination again raises the question \u2013 is there a double standard against women nominees to the D.C. Circuit? Since I took office eleven months ago, three superbly-qualified women nominees, including Ms. Pillard, Patricia Millett and Caitlin Halligan, have been filibustered under the pretext that the court does not have a large enough workload. During the same period, an equally qualified male nominee, Sri Srinivasan, was confirmed 93-0 without a single mention of the workload issue from my Republican colleagues.\r\n\u201cI\u2019m very concerned that women nominees to the D.C. Circuit \u2013 the second-highest court in the land\u2013 are being blocked over concerns about workload that are not being applied in an evenhanded way. If senators have concerns about their qualifications, let\u2019s have that debate. But we shouldn\u2019t allow these candidates to be blocked from consideration based on reasons that don\u2019t stand the light of day.\u201d\r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/kaine-statement-on-filibuster-of-nina-pillards-nomination-to-the-dc-circuit"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.630266197025776, "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"}