{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/judiciary-committee-approves-nominee-to-lead-key-immigration-office", "Judiciary Committee Approves Nominee To Lead Key Immigration Office", "2014-12-03", "2014", "2014-12", "Democrat", "House", "VT", "Patrick Leahy", "L000174", "www.leahy.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "12.03.14\n\t\t\t Judiciary Committee Approves Nominee To Lead Key Immigration Office \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t . . . Sarah Salda\u00f1a To Be Considered Next By Full Senate\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t WASHINGTON (Wednesday, December 3, 2014) \u2013 The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday approved the nomination of Sarah Salda\u00f1a to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, where she will lead the office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) hailed the nominee and called on the Senate to quickly confirm her.\r\n\u201cMs. Salda\u00f1a has earned a reputation as a tough but fair prosecutor. She has stated unequivocally that she will enforce the law, and we should move swiftly to confirm her,\u201d Leahy said.\u00a0\r\nICE has been without a Senate-confirmed leader since last year, and Salda\u00f1a\u2019s nomination to lead the office was approved on a 10-8 vote. Her nomination was also considered and approved last month by the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, where she earned strong bipartisan support. Salda\u00f1a currently serves as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, a position to which she was unanimously confirmed by the Senate in 2011.\r\nThree judicial nominees to fill vacancies in New York, North Carolina and Virginia were held over by Republicans at Thursday\u2019s meeting. Republicans also held over the nomination of Michael Botticelli to serve as Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). Results of the meeting can be found online.\u00a0\r\n# # # # #\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t Press Contact \n\t\t\t\tPress Contact  David Carle: 202-224-3693\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\t\n\t\n\t\n  \n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 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": ["http://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/judiciary-committee-approves-nominee-to-lead-key-immigration-office"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.5735439267009497, "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"}