Honorable Susan Collins
United States Senator, Maine, Republican
Susan Collins was elected to the U.S. Senate from Maine in 1996. The following is excerpted from Senator Collins’s August 4, 2009, remarks during the Senate floor debate on confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. I rise in support of the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to serve as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The Constitution grants the president the power to nominate and appoint individuals to the Federal Judiciary. It also gives the Senate the power of advice and consent to such appointments. It does not, however, provide any specific guidance to the…
