[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3596]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERSHIP

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, just a few weeks ago, maybe even a few 
months ago, I had the privilege of listening partly to the testimony of 
Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch, a brilliant expression of a 
seasoned and competent, qualified and wise attorney that has served 
this Nation for many, many years. Formerly, as the U.S. attorney in 
Brooklyn, New York, she has been one who has received accolades from 
all over the Nation.
  Now, unfortunately, the Senate, the other body, chooses to create a 
constitutional crisis. As she lingers waiting for a confirmation vote, 
already approved by the Judiciary Committee with a bipartisan vote, it 
begs the question: Why we are having this kind of treatment of the 
appointees of President Obama?
  So I ask the other body if they would do what is right for the 
American people as we look for law enforcement leadership, as we 
continue to look for direction on antitrust issues, voting rights 
issues, women's rights issues, human rights issues, and many issues 
dealing with terrorism that fall under the jurisdiction of the U.S. 
Department of Justice. It is time, and now, for this confirmation to be 
done and approved and for this former U.S. attorney to be sworn in as 
the United States Attorney General in the Department of Justice.

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