{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2020/11/sen-moran-statement-on-the-confirmation-of-kansan-toby-crouse-to-the-federal-district-court-of-kansas", "Sen. Moran Statement on the Confirmation of Kansan Toby Crouse to the Federal District Court of Kansas", "2020-11-17", "2020", "2020-11", "Republican", "Senate", "KS", "Jerry Moran", "M000934", "www.moran.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON  U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today released the following statement after voting to confirm Galva, Kan., native Toby Crouse to serve as a federal judge for the United States Federal District Court for the District of Kansas:\r\n\r\nToby Crouse is a skilled attorney who has demonstrated his judicial views and respect for the rule of law throughout his career in private practice, as a clerk for Tenth Circuit Judge Mary Briscoe and as the Kansas Solicitor General. He is well-qualified for this appointment, and I look forward to him taking his seat as a judge for the Federal District Court of Kansas.\r\n\r\nClick HERE to Watch Sen. Moran's Floor Speech in Support of the Confirmation of Toby Crouse\r\n\r\nItems to Note: \r\n \r\nSen. Moran met with Crouse prior to his nomination on March 9, 2020.\r\nSen. Moran applauded President Trump's announcement of his intent to nominate Crouse on May 7, 2020.\r\nThe Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing for Crouse's nomination on July 29, 2020 and favorably reported his nomination out of committee on September 17, 2020.\r\nLeader McConnell filed cloture on Crouse's nomination on November 12, 2020.\r\n \r\n# # #\r\n\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.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2020/11/sen-moran-statement-on-the-confirmation-of-kansan-toby-crouse-to-the-federal-district-court-of-kansas"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8203110191971064, "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"}