Political Quotes

“No nomination for Attorney General has filled me with greater pride than this one, and it is time for the Senate to complete its consideration of President Obama's historic nomination of Eric Holder to be Attorney General of the United States. In an article I co-authored with the Judiciary Committee ranking member, Senator Specter, before last November's election, we wrote--and we were writing to whomever would be President: The Attorney General's duty is to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law, not to circumvent them. We wrote further: The President and the American people are best served by an Attorney General who gives sound advice and takes responsible action, rather than one who develops legalistic loopholes to serve the partisan ends of a particular administration. We could not have made that job description better for anyone than Eric Holder. That is what kind of an Attorney General he will be.”