The Senate has voted to confirm Merrick Garland as the United States attorney general. Senators voted 70-30 on Garland’s nomination to lead the Justice Department, with 20 Republicans voting to confirm the nominee.

Fox News reports:

“Judge Garland’s unshakeable commitment to serving his country is deeply rooted in who he is,” Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said after the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to recommend Garland’s nomination. “He fundamentally grasps that America’s greatness rests in our bedrock principles of justice and the rule of law.”

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“Judge Garland’s unshakeable commitment to serving his country is deeply rooted in who he is,” Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said after the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to recommend Garland’s nomination. “He fundamentally grasps that America’s greatness rests in our bedrock principles of justice and the rule of law.”

Cornyn specifically pointed to Garland’s failure to commit to allowing John Durham’s investigation of the origins of the Russia probe to continue.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the ranking member on the committee, similarly expressed support for Garland while noting that he was worried about how he might handle Second Amendment issues.

Then-President Obama previously nominated Garland to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Ultimately Neil Gorsuch filled the seat on the bench.