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Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legislative Affairs - Ronald H. Weich
Assistant Attorney General Ronald W. Weich was confirmed on April 29, 2009.  A hearing to consider his nomination was held on April 1, 2009, in room S-127 of the Capitol Building.  The Judiciary Committee ordered the nomination reported to the Senate for consideration on April 23, 2009.

A transcript of the hearing, including the Committee Questionnaire, responses to questions submitted for the record, and letters received in connection with the nomination, is available through the Government Printing Office.  Attachments to the Committee Questionnaire are available upon request.

Letters Received in Connection with the Nomination

  • March 31, 2009 - Joint Letter [Brian Benczkowski, Dennis Burke, Andy Fois, Ann Harkins, Will Moschella, Robert Raben, Pat Wald]
  • March 31, 2009 - Bridget G. Brennan, Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor, City of New York
  • March 30, 2009 - William W. Wilkins, Nexsen Pruet; Retired Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; former Chair, U.S. Sentencing Commission
  • March 30, 2009 - Glenn F. Ivey, State's Attorney, Prince George's County, Maryland
  • March 30, 2009 - Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts
  • March 27, 2009 - John R. Steer, Senior Partner, Allenbaugh Samini Ghosheh LLP; former Vice Chair, U.S. Sentencing Commission; former General Counsel, U.S. Sentencing Commission
  • March 27, 2009 - Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, County of New York
  • March 27, 2009 - Joint Letter [Bruce Artim, Michael O'Neill, Makan Delrahim, Manus Cooney, Mark Disler, Harold H. Kim, Michael Volkov, Thad Strom, Mark Heilbrun, Allan Hicks, Kevin S. McGuiness, Patricia Knight, Jamie Brown, Niels Holch, Amy F. Dunathan, Michael Tongour, Jessica Nickel, Nancy Taylor, Carl Hampe, Peter Madigan, Morrie Ruffin]
  • March 27, 2009 - Fraternal Order of Police

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Did You Know?  The longest serving members in the history of the Senate have served on the Judiciary Committee: Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia served as Senator from Jan. 3, 1959, until June 28, 2010, and served on the Committee from Jan. 14, 2969, until Jan. 3, 1980; Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina served as Senator from Dec. 24, 1954, until April 4, 1956, and from Nov. 7, 1956, until Jan. 3, 2003, and served on the Committee from Jan. 16, 1967, until Jan. 3, 2003; and Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts served as Senator From Nov. 7, 1962, until Aug. 25., 2009, and served on the Committee from Feb. 15, 1963, until Jan. 21, 2009.

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