Chuck Schumer actually said...

"It is my great privilege to introduce Loretta Lynch, a proud New Yorker and the nominee to be the next Attorney General of the United States."

"A significant factor leading to this budget imbalance is the unnecessary creation of more and more mandatory minimum sentences."

"I hope we all remember that she is the nominee for Attorney General, and that is why I am focusing on her."

"Let me be clear: Attempts to politicize this nomination, to turn this exceptional nominee into a political point-scoring exercise, are a disservice to the qualified candidate we have before us today."