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>> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, senator feinstein, members of this distinguished committee, i am pleased to join senators shelby in presenting my friend and colleague, senator jeff sessions, and to offer my support for his nomination to be our next attorney general. jeff sessions and i were first sworn into the united states senate on the very same day. in the 20 years since, we have worked closely on some issues and on opposite sides on others. in fact, it would be fair to say that we have had our share

Sees it. hate crimes are happening. the department of justice must see it, must investigate it, and prosecute it appropriately. those are votes that are deeply concerning. they are recent, they are important, and they clearly show this senator's point of view. now, for all these reasons, this hearing must determine clearly whether this senator will enforce laws he voted against. we the american people want to know how he intends to use this awesome power of the attorney general if he is confirmed. will he use it fairly? will he use it in a way that respects law and the constitution? will he us...

Senator feinstein, senator klobuchar, after my 20 years i welcome senator feinstein. we grapple with some of the most pressing issues facing our country. we can be proud she is here and i applaud you for this. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator leahy. good morning. i welcome everyone to this very important hearing to consider the nomination of our colleague, senator sessions, to serve as the 84th attorney general of the united states. first, i want to set out a couple ground rules. i want to handle this hearing the same way that i handled the hearing for attorney general lynch's nomination an...

Am prepared to stay here as long as members have questions that they would like to ask. again, that's the way i handled attorney general lynch's nomination. i think that's the most fair way to proceed for both members, as well as our distinguished nominee. i welcome our new members to this committee. i look forward to working with all of the new members, as well as the ones that are repeating serving on this committee. i would also like to recognize and welcome a number of important audience members, former attorney general meece and mctasey and our former colleague senator kyle, a former memb...

On the senate floor, senator cornyn discussed the language. everyone knows the hyde amendment language contains an provision for rapt. under this act the limitations on spending wouldn't have anything to do with the services available to help those victims of human trafficking. in short, the senator asserted the hyde amendment would not effect the availability of services for these victims. the domestic trafficking victims fund will be under the jurisdiction of the department of justice. here is the question. will you ensure that these grant funds are not denied to service providers who will a...