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Chuck grassley we will start with you. Itwe will have our Opening Statements. The constitution recognizes us as equal. I was going to call on you first because you are the Senior Member here today. It you have been a respected member of the house of representatives and you know miss yates. Hope you will start. John lewis thank you very much. I am delighted and pleased to be here. I am on a to be here with my friend from the georgia delegation. We are introducing the United States attorney for the district of georgia. She has been nominated to serve as Deputy Attorney general of the United Stat...

Being able to provide and protect your family is one of the most fundamental of human needs. A good job makes it easier to pay the mortgage, buy groceries or send your kid to college. It is just one example of what we strive to make possible. Even though the u. S. Has added jobs at an historic rate, there are still too Many Americans for meaningful work and good paying jobs are still out of reach. U. S. Small businesses still struggle to secure competitive financing and china and other are still doing whatever they can to beat American Companies in the global market. I know you just finished b...

Her nomination was favorably reported, bipartisan support. Hes here to watch these proceedings today. Its clear this undoubtedly proud father instilled in his daughter the grace and resilience she has shown over the past six months. And as a senator, like all of us, ive gotten to meet wonderful people from all walks of lives. Up to and including president s. But i have said many times before and said at home, meeting reverend lynch was really a very special moment in this senators life. And throughout Loretta Lynchs life, those who encountered her intelligence and her tenacity have not always ...

Reestablished, it must begin before this president leaves office and that will likely require every possible means to reassert legislative authority. One of those means is advise and consent power to approve or disapprove nominees for a high office. It was created for just such a high time as this. It is a legitimate constitutional power of congress. It is not only appropriate but necessary that the senate refuse to confirm a president s nominee when that president has overreached and assumed the legislative powers of congress. It is particularly necessary when the president s nominee is being...

He goes on to say quote this goes to the very heart of what is the mad isonian system if the president can unilaterally change the laws in substantial ways or refuse to enforce them, it takes offline that very thing that stabilizes our system. I believe our members will loathe the day they allow that to happen. When i teach constitutional law i ask my students what is the limiting principle of your argument. When that question is presented to this white house too often the answer is in the first person, that the president is the limiting principal or at least the limiting person. We cant rely ...