[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3139]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            LYNCH NOMINATION

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, today marks the 115th day since President 
Obama announced he was nominating Loretta Lynch to be Attorney General 
of the United States. That makes her the longest pending Attorney 
General nominee in more than four decades.
  The Senate Judiciary Committee reported her nomination favorably last 
week. So what is the wait? Why can't we get this woman approved? It 
appears we are not going to this week.
  She has a spotless record and credentials that are above reproach. 
There is absolutely no reason she should have to wait any longer for 
confirmation. Our Nation needs an Attorney General. Each day that 
passes without Ms. Lynch's nomination being confirmed is yet another 
testimony to Republicans' inability to govern.

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