[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20178]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       EXECUTIVE NOMINEES TO DOJ

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I rise today to state that I object to 
proceeding to the consideration of two executive nominees to the 
Department of Justice. The first nominee is Mr. Christopher A. Wray, 
who is nominated to be the assistant attorney general of the criminal 
division at the Department of Justice. The second nominee to which I 
object is Mr. Jack Landman Goldsmith III, who is nominated to be 
assistant attorney general, office of legal counsel at the Department 
of Justice.
  I have placed holds on these individuals because I have numerous 
outstanding issues that have yet to be resolved by the Department of 
Justice. More specifically, I have several outstanding written requests 
before the Department of Justice. Some of these requests are more than 
6 months overdue. In addition, I am presently working with the 
Department of Justice to overcome a number of procedural issues 
directly affecting my ability, as a member of the Judiciary Committee 
to, among other things, conduct oversight of the Department of Justice, 
and the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

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