[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 179 (Tuesday, November 13, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H9507-H9508]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     THE APPOINTMENT OF MATTHEW WHITAKER AS ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL

  (Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on the appointment of 
Matthew Whitaker as Acting Attorney General of the United States.
  Mr. Whitaker has repeatedly dismissed the value and seriousness of 
the Mueller investigation while advising the President on strategies to 
sabotage it, including through advocating for investigations the DOJ's 
own professional staff had already determined were unnecessary.
  Mr. Whitaker's broader record on issues of justice is just as 
disturbing, as the Anti-Defamation League found his opposition to the 
appointment of non-Christian Federal judges to be ``deeply troubling.''

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  Lastly, Mr. Whitaker's service as Acting Attorney General has been 
widely recognized by legal experts from across the political spectrum 
as unconstitutional because of the clear requirement that principal 
officers, such as the DOJ's Secretary, demand Senate confirmation.
  The United States needs an Attorney General worthy of the office and 
committed to protecting the efforts of Special Counsel Mueller. But so 
long as Mr. Whitaker remains in office, he should follow ethical 
guidelines and recuse himself from the Mueller investigation.

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