I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 38, insert after line 10 the following: SEC. 110. PROMPT ISSUANCE OF OIRA GUIDELINES. The…

as I stated, ObamaCare came along when States were already facing difficult fiscal choices, and, sadly, made things worse. ObamaCare's Medicaid expansion exacerbated the pressure on States without even addressing the numerous quality…

ObamaCare exacerbated financial pressures on the Medicaid Program at a time when many States were already facing difficult choices. Even before ObamaCare, Medicaid was plagued by quality issues and the law did nothing to address these…

I move to waive the applicable provisions of the Budget Act with respect to my amendment, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is on…

I move to waive the applicable provisions of the Budget Act for purposes of the pending amendment, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question…

there are appropriate things for the Federal Government to get involved in.

I hope that's something you would be willing to consider, at least that you wouldn't dismiss if you were confirmed to this position.

a passion of mine involves federalism, involves the concept that the constitutional system created by our Founding Fathers works best when we reserve most powers in a way that will allow them to be exercised at the state and local level.

I want to thank Mr. Moulton, first and foremost, for his service to our country, serving in the armed services. We really do appreciate that. I can't thank him enough for that service. But I also appreciate him bringing forward this bill…

I thank Mr. Veasey so much, and I thank our new chair of the Congressional Black Caucus for his tremendous effort in putting this very important Special Order hour together. Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening because I am extremely concerned…

It takes some guts to do this, but we all know you have guts and we all know that you believe in what you are doing.

I have known you all your 20 years. I have watched you work diligently on the Judiciary Committee and on your other Committees as well.

Senator Sessions has provided this Committee with more than 150,000 pages of material relevant to his nomination.

For several years now, Senator Chris Coons and Representatives Tom Marino and Suzan DelBene, and I, have raised the importance of safeguarding data privacy on an international scale from unauthorized Government access.

The answer to the question whether you can, as Attorney General, enforce the laws fairly evenly and without personal bias, it is a resounding yes, you can.

Such accusations, especially without any evidence to support them whatsoever, are not simply attacks on Senator Sessions, they are also smears against organizations like these.

I have respect for you because you stand up for what you believe, however wrong you may have been.

They oppose this nomination precisely because Senator Sessions will not politicize the Justice Department or use its resources to further a political agenda.