[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 23 (Thursday, February 9, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S975-S976]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, it was great to see our now-former 
colleague, Senator Sessions, confirmed as the Nation's 84th Attorney 
General yesterday. We all had to watch as he was subjected to a 
terrible campaign of unfair and deeply personal attacks. He endured it 
all with grace, though, and with the same considerable dignity, 
respect, and courtesy we have long

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known Senator Sessions for. We are going to miss him in the Senate, but 
we couldn't be more proud of him as he begins this new position.

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