11/06/2013
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"I have known you all your 20 years. I have watched you work diligently on the Judiciary Committee and on your other Committees as well."
"I have respect for you because you stand up for what you believe, however wrong you may have been."
"the Justice Department, under the outgoing administration, reneged on its duty to do so in a number of respects."
"The answer to the question whether you can, as Attorney General, enforce the laws fairly evenly and without personal bias, it is a resounding yes, you can."