U.S. Senator Katie Britt Delivers Remarks Ahead of Senate Confirmation of U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, Justice Greg Cook

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) celebrated the confirmation of Alabama Supreme Court Justice Greg Cook, President Trump’s nominee to serve as a U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama. Justice Cook, a resident of Vestavia Hills, Alabama, serves as an associate justice on the Alabama Supreme Court and was confirmed by a vote of 49-27. The Senator delivered remarks on the Senate floor ahead of the vote. Senator Britt expressed her strong support for Justice Cook’s confirmation: “I am proud to speak today in support of Justice Greg Cook of the Alabama Supreme Court to serve as a Federal District Judge in the Northern District of Alabama. Justice Cook is beyond qualified to serve in this role. When you look at his resume, starting from growing up in the Shoals, where he was cemented core values of faith, family and freedom, going on into Duke University and then Harvard Law School, and then having a very distinguished career in public service, which includes being a captain of the United States Air Force. “In everything that Greg has done in life, he’s done it to the best of his ability. He’s given it his whole heart, and he’s made sure to put the needs of the state, the country, first. Since serving in the Air Force, he became a distinguished partner at one of our state’s top law firms, where he was elected after that to be an Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in 2022, and this is actually when I got to know Greg. We traveled around the state together on the campaign trail. I got to watch him interact with people. I got to know he and his wife, Kimberly, their love for the Lord, their love for their family, and Greg’s love for the law. “Greg wrote the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure book, which is quite thick. Greg would take it out around as he talked to, what he would hope to be, the people he was able to serve on the Alabama Supreme Court, the citizens of the great state of Alabama. And he would always tell them the one thing that they could count on from him is not only his tireless hard work, but that he would be ‘boring and predictable.’ And what he meant by that was he was going to follow the law. The words that were in that book, that would be what guided him, the Constitution, and knowing that he was not there to create laws, he was there to interpret them. More important than his many accolades, I am really proud to call him and his wife friends. “He truly embodies the very best of the great state of Alabama. I have every faith and confidence that he will use everything in his being to make sure that he serves the people of the Northern District and this nation to the very best of his ability. I want to thank President Trump for Justice Cook’s nomination, and I want to urge my colleagues to support him in the upcoming vote. Mr. President, this is the exact kind of person we want to see on the federal bench. This is a good day for the state of Alabama and a great one for our nation. I yield the floor.” You can watch the Senator’s full remarks here . ###