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Pete Sessions: Beatrice Edwards of the Government Accountability Project criticized Cole for failing to ``detect an atmosphere of . . .…

On the recordDecember 2, 2010
Beatrice Edwards of the Government Accountability Project criticized Cole for failing to ``detect an atmosphere of . . . laissez-faire compliance of the company.'' So he has been criticized for a big, important role he had. And I wish the President had nominated somebody like Larry Thompson, who was Department Attorney General under President Bush, and whom everybody respected and would have been confirmed like a knife through hot butter.
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas
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govinfo.gov
Dec 2, 2010

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Sessions discusses concerns about a nomination and criticizes the nominee's qualifications.

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