Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It is a great pleasure to be with you and look at this overflow audience. Particularly it is an honor for me to be able to introduce a gentleman i have known for a long time. He is a good friend and certainly a person i have great admiration for. As lawyers, we all appreciate the many responsibilities of the attorney general. He is, of course, the chief Law Enforcement officer of the federal government. He is the legal advise advisor to the executive branch. He has a special responsibility to the people of the country to be sure that the constitution is preserved and protected. The career, past career, of Jeff Sessions could not have been better to make him such an ideally qualified person for this responsibility. Jeff, as you know, restarted his career after private law practice, his Public Service was as an assistant u. S. Attorney. And then he was appointed by Ronald Reagan in his first term as the u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of ala
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It is a great pleasure to be with you and look at this overflow audience. Particularly it is an honor for me to be able to introduce a gentleman i have known for a long time. He is a good friend and certainly a person i have great admiration for. As lawyers, we all appreciate the many responsibilities of the attorney general. He is, of course, the chief Law Enforcement officer of the federal government. He is the Legal Advisor to the executive branch. He has a special responsibility to the people of the country to be sure that the constitution is preserved and protected. The career, past career, of Jeff Sessions could not have been better to make him such an ideally qualified person for this responsibility. Jeff, as you know, restarted his career after private law practice, his Public Service was as an assistant u. S. Attorney. And then he was appointed by Ronald Reagan in his first term as the u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of alabama. H
Voices from the states on cspan. Up next, Jeff Sessions regarding the rule of law, judicial nominees and President Trump immigration policy. [applause] whats good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Its a great pleasure to be with you and look at this overflow audience here. Particularly an honor for me to introduce a gentleman ive known for a long time. Certainly a person i have great affirmation admiration for. The career of Jeff Sessions could not have been better to make am such an idyllic ideally qualified person for this responsibility. Jeff started his career after private law practice, Public Service as an assistant u. S. Attorney and then appointed by Ronald Reagan in his first term as the u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of alabama. He later on was elected as the attorney general of alabama, and had a distinguished body of service in the United States senate. A person we could always depend first. The constitution been thee time he has attorney general of the United Stat
Former president obama and former Vice President biden gave tribute speeches. This is just over an hour and a half. Boston has given this nation some of the greatest leaders from john adams the john f. Kennedy and that is something that we are very proud of. Secretary kerry is in that same tradition. As a diplomat, he has called many places all. Home. Any places i do not know these been at any address longer than here. Thank you for being a boston voter. [applause] in case you are not committed, walsh is on the ballot. In all seriousness, the secretary is a true bostonian and a good neighbor. I secretary of state, he took every opportunity to showcase our city with foreign dignitaries. We know the impact of your leadership not only in washington dc, but on washington street. Not only in middle east but in east boston. Thank you. As a senator, you took on issues that were not easy or popular. Protecting the environment, investing in education, fighting for local and small businesses, gr
Boston has given this nation some of the greatest leaders in the country, from john adams, to john f. Kennedy, and that is something that we are very proud of. Secretary kerry is in that same tradition. As a diplomat, he has called many places home. I do not know these been at any address longer than here. Thank you for being a boston voter, by the way. [applause] in case you are not committed, walsh is on the ballot. But in all seriousness, the secretary is a true bostonian and a good neighbor. As secretary of state, he took every opportunity to showcase our city with foreign dignitaries. We know better than most impact of your leadership, not only in washington dc, but on washington street. Not only in middle east, but in east boston. Thank you for that. As a senator, you took on issues that were not easy or popular. Protecting the environment, investing in education, fighting for local and small businesses, growing our high tech economy, and today we look back and see how visionary