WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the following statement after four Mississippi nominees were favorably reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The panel approved Mississippi Supreme Court Justices Robert Chamberlin and James Maxwell for positions on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. The committee also approved James ‘Baxter’ Kruger and Scott Leary, nominees for United States Attorney for Mississippi’s southern and northern districts, respectively.

“I am pleased that President Trump’s nominations to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi and for the state’s U.S. Attorneys have passed the Senate Judiciary Committee. Justices Chamberlin and Maxwell and Messrs Kruger and Leary are highly-qualified individuals. They will uphold the law, defend the Constitution, and serve Mississippi well. I look forward to voting for their confirmations on the Senate floor.”