Attorney general Jeff Sessions, one of the speakers at the National Lawyers society federalist meeting in washington. Later there will be a keynote speech by white House Counsel gahn. D mc live coverage, here on cspan. [applause] host good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It is a great pleasure to be with you and to look at this overflow audience here. Particularly, its an honor to me to introduce a gentleman. Hat i have known for long time hes 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 area easedernment area eased the Legal Advisor to the executive branch. And he has a special responsibility to the people of the country to be sure that the constitution is preserved and protected. Sessionscareer of jeff could not have been better to make him such an ideallyqualified person for this responsibility. Jeff, of course, as you know,
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
Jeff sessions spoke at the Federalist Society convention. This is just over 30 minutes. Thank you for those special words. If ambassador tinsley act in the room . Before i get started here. Russians . Anybody been to russia . Got a cousin in russia . Anyway. I was so on a honors to hang certain pictures in my conference room. You can be sure his went up in that room. I know the leadership he did and still remember, particularly the Law Enforcement community. We are part of Law Enforcement if anybody wonders. Our duty is to protect america and have the back of our police officers. Solution to the problem of crime, not the problem. I feel like at this time in history, it was a lot like the 60s and 70s and we had a serious problem of more hours and lack of respect for police. He actually reduced murder rates over 35 years by half. It is an important achievement you have had a fabulous run wherever you are. I say, leonard. Make no mistake. Being able to celebrate with Justice Gorsuch was a
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