{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-introduces-judge-doris-l-pryor-nominee-for-seventh-circuit-court-of-appeals-during-judiciary-committee-hearing/", "Young Introduces Judge Doris L. Pryor, Nominee for Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, During Judiciary Committee Hearing", "2022-07-13", "2022", "2022-07", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) today introduced U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Indiana Doris L. Pryor during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Judge Pryor has been nominated to serve on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which includes the state of Indiana.\n\nDuring his remarks, Young spoke about Judge Pryor\u2019s background and outlined why he supports her nomination. Young\u2019s full remarks are below:\n\n\u201cThank you, Chairman Durbin, Ranking Member Grassley, and members of the committee.\n\n\u201cToday, I\u2019m honored to appear before you to introduce Judge Doris Pryor, President Biden\u2019s nominee to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.\n\n\u201cJudge Pryor, welcome.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m appreciative of the President\u2019s willingness to consult with me and Senator Braun when this position became available in an effort to appoint a judge who has earned respect and support from all sides of the political aisle.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m confident that this committee will be just as impressed with Judge Pryor as I have been.\n\n\u201cJudge Pryor is not a Hoosier by birth \u2013 she was born and raised in Arkansas \u2013 but she came to Indiana University for law school.\n\n\u201cFollowing law school, she returned to Arkansas to clerk for Judge Leon Holmes and Judge Lavenski Smith.\n\n\u201cShe also served as a public defender in Arkansas before returning to Indiana to serve as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Indiana.\n\n\u201cSince March 1, 2018, Judge Pryor has served as Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Indiana.\n\n\u201cAs you can tell, she has experience on all sides of the courtroom. She understands the difference between the role of an advocate and the role of a judge, and she has experience both on the criminal side and on the civil side of the docket.\n\n\u201cSince her name came up, I\u2019ve heard an outpouring of support from across the Indiana legal community, including a diverse array of support letters that have been provided to the committee.\n\n\u201cI would also be remiss if I failed to mention the historic nature of this appointment. If confirmed, Judge Pryor will be the first African American from Indiana ever to serve on the Seventh Circuit.\n\n\u201cFor all these reasons, I support Judge Pryor\u2019s nomination, and I look forward to voting to confirm her on the Senate floor. Thank you.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:20:25Z"]], "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.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-introduces-judge-doris-l-pryor-nominee-for-seventh-circuit-court-of-appeals-during-judiciary-committee-hearing/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4713690616190434, "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"}