Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise today in opposition to the confirmation of Senator Jeff Sessions to be the Attorney General. It is never easy to oppose a President's cabinet nominees, especially when one is your Senate colleague. I generally think the President should be able to assemble his team. But with this President, we are in uncharted territory. President Trump doesn't want to hire a team that will represent the American people. Many of the nominees are billionaires who are out of touch with the struggles of average Americans, and many of them have shown great disdain for the very agencies they will lead. People like Betsy DeVos, who is a billionaire with zero experience in public schools, has been selected to run the Education Department. People like Scott Pruitt, who has been nominated to be head of the Environmental Protection Agency, which he is sued many times. When the people nominated to the President's cabinet are intent on dismantling the very agency they are nominated to run, our Constitutional role of advise and consent takes on new importance. But the position of Attorney General is unique. The nominee requires even more scrutiny. The Attorney General is our Nation's chief law enforcement officer with enormous power to either advance--or roll back--our constitutional protections. Perhaps Senator Sessions said it best during the confirmation hearing for Sally Yates to be Deputy Attorney General.…”