[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 180 (Wednesday, November 14, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H9513]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS FIRING

  (Mr. SCHNEIDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, time and time again, President Trump has 
sought to undermine the independence of the Justice Department and its 
investigation into the Russian election interference led by Special 
Counsel Robert Mueller. The President's recent decision to fire 
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is just the most recent example.
  The President's effort to put the Mueller investigation under the 
supervision of an acting attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, with his 
long and vocal history of bias against this very investigation, is 
simply unacceptable.
  The Mueller team must be allowed to finish its work without 
interference. This is more than just knowing what happened in 2016. It 
is imperative that we learn from the past to protect our Nation from 
future threats.
  I urge the acting attorney general to do the right thing: recuse 
himself and return supervision of the investigation to Deputy Attorney 
General Rod Rosenstein.
  I ask my colleagues in Congress to exercise our responsibility in 
upholding the rule of law and pass legislation that would protect the 
special counsel from a politically motivated firing. I await the 
findings of the special counsel and will follow the facts wherever they 
lead.

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