four<\/a> district judges earlier this year.\u00a0Throughout the year, Senator Schmitt has worked closely with President Trump and his administration to ensure that appointments to the Eastern District of Missouri were prioritized.<\/p>\nRead Senator Schmitt\u2019s speech, as prepared for delivery:<\/p>\n
Mr. President, I rise today to wholeheartedly endorse the nomination of Tom Albus to be the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri. <\/p>\n
He is a part of the forthcoming nominations package that this body will be voting on later this week.<\/p>\n
This nomination is special to me. You see, not only is the Eastern District of Missouri my lifelong home\u2014but when I was Attorney General of Missouri, Tom was my First Assistant. <\/p>\n
He is a proud alum of Georgetown, Mizzou Law, and Saint Louis University High School. <\/p>\n
Tom is one of the finest prosecutors I have ever met. <\/p>\n
For 17 years, Tom served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Missouri\u2014where he won numerous Special Achievement Awards and recognitions for his outstanding service. <\/p>\n
Tom served as my First Assistant Attorney General of Missouri and as Circuit Judge for Missouri\u2019s 21st Judicial Circuit. <\/p>\n
In his distinguished legal career, Tom has appeared in nearly 900 federal criminal prosecutions and civil matters. <\/p>\n
He has tried 15 cases to verdict and presided over dozens as a Judge.<\/p>\n
But Tom shines just as bright outside of the courtroom.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s as committed to St. Louis as anyone I\u2019ve met. <\/p>\n
A longtime leader at the Missouri Athletic Club\u2026 in our local parish, the Mary Queen of Peace Catholic Church\u2026 with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri\u2026 and as the mock trial coach at SLU High. <\/p>\n
That\u2019s the heart of Tom Albus.<\/p>\n
Tom is sharp, serious, and a lifelong proponent of law and order\u2014a career law man. <\/p>\n
As interim U.S. Attorney, Tom\u2019s already delivering results\u2014going after violent crime and its root causes with everything he\u2019s got. Just in the last few weeks, under his watch:<\/p>\n
He\u2019s indicted a former high school baseball coach on drug trafficking charges.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s sentenced child sex traffickers to serious, long prison terms.<\/p>\n
And he\u2019s taken down illegal immigrants tied to nationwide organized retail crime rings.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s leadership. That\u2019s Tom.<\/p>\n
He has trained for this job his entire career. <\/p>\n
I have the utmost confidence in his abilities. <\/p>\n
He is going to do a fantastic job as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri. <\/p>\n
I urge my colleagues to support his nomination.<\/p>\n
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