Pete Sessions: “Dawn Johnsen, nominated to be assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel, was the legal director for…”

“Dawn Johnsen, nominated to be assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel, was the legal director for NARAL, the National Abortion Rights Action League, one of the most aggressive--probably the most aggressive--pro-abortion group in the country. David Ogden, nominated for Deputy Attorney General, represented the murder defendants in Roper v. Simmons, which led to the unprincipled decision about defendants and the death penalty. Thomas Perrelli, who represented Michael Schiavo in the Terry Schiavo case, is nominated for Associate Attorney General, third in command. D. Anthony West, who is nominated for Assistant Attorney General for Civil Division, represented John Walker Lindh, the American Taliban who has been prosecuted and convicted. We are heading into problems on some other nominations. We do not need the Department of Justice to become a liberal bastion. It needs to be the cornerstone of defending Americans and our safety.”