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Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm Brandon S. Long to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Born in Metairie, LA, Mr. Long received his B.B.A. and B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1999 and his J.D. from Duke Law School in 2005. From 2005 to 2010, Mr. Long worked in the Washington, DC, office of King & Spalding, LLP, as an associate in the special matters and government investigations practice group. While in private practice, he focused on Federal criminal matters, internal investigations, corporate compliance, and civil matters involving securities law.

Mr. Long then served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia from 2010 to 2014. There, he tried approximately 27 criminal cases to verdict, of which 15 were jury trials and 12 were bench trials. Since 2014, Mr. Long has served as an AUSA in the Eastern District of Louisiana. From 2017 to 2018, he served as deputy chief of the narcotics unit. Mr. Long also served as the office's opioid coordinator from 2017 to 2020. For a brief stint from 2020 to 2021, Mr. Long served on detail as deputy chief of staff and acting chief of staff to FBI Director Christopher Wray. In 2021, he returned to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana, where he serves as a member of the financial crimes unit.

The American Bar Association unanimously rated Mr. Long as ``well qualified,'' and his nomination is strongly supported by his home state Senators, Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Cassidy.

Mr. Long will serve the Eastern District of Louisiana with distinction.

I am proud to support his nomination and urge my colleagues to do the same.

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