[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20842]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      NOMINATION OF DANIEL BRYANT

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I rise today to state before this body 
that I object to proceeding to the consideration of Daniel Bryant, 
executive nominee to the Department of Justice. Mr. Bryant is nominated 
to be Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy at DOJ. I have 
placed a hold on this individual 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 that 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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