02/15/2023
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"So while I hear some of my colleagues talk about the independence of the Attorney General, well, it is perhaps some independence, but it really is the independence of one's personal conviction."
"I told Senator Leahy, whom I partnered with on a number of Freedom of Information reforms, he and I are the Senate's odd couple when it comes to that."
"the Congress refused to pass what the President wanted to do."
"I feel very, very confident in voting for Loretta Lynch as Attorney General."