Political Quotes

“Madam President, in a letter sent yesterday to Senate leaders, former Deputy Attorneys General of the United States who served in both Republican and Democratic administrations urged the Senate to consider the nomination of James Cole to be the Deputy Attorney General without further delay. The Deputy Attorney General is the No. 2 position at the Department of Justice. It is a critical national security and Federal law enforcement position. These former officials who served with distinction in that post write that the deputy is ``the chief operating officer of the Department of Justice, supervising its day-to-day operations'' and that ``the deputy is also a key member of the President's national security team, a function that has grown in importance and complexity in the years since the terror attacks of September 11.'' These former Deputy Attorneys General are right. I thank them for speaking out to urge the Senate to complete consideration of this important nomination. I ask unanimous consent that their letter be printed in the Record at the end of my statement. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (See exhibit 1.)”