Pages from senator sessions in response to questions from Committee Members. Welcome to the first markup , i would5th Congress Welcome senator feinstein is our new Ranking Member, although she has been a member for a long time. We recognize senators sash senses sass. Senator kennedy. We welcome back, she is not here to knoww, i want her she is welcome back to this committee. It is an honor for our committee to be interested with so many policy areas under our jurisdiction, ranging from Sexual Assault survivors rights, to issues of national security. We accomplished good things in the 114th congress. We held 99 hearings, 30 bills, every one of them bipartisan. 24 of the 30 were passed by the senate. 17 of them became law. Among the major bipartisan statutes reported by our committee were the country has worthy comprehensive addiction and recovery, defend trade secrets, justice for victims of trafficking, the justice against sponsors of terrorism, and during last years markup of the adam
Pages from senator sessions in response to questions from Committee Members. Welcome to the first markup , i would5th Congress Welcome senator feinstein is our new Ranking Member, although she has been a member for a long time. We recognize senators sash senses sass. Senator kennedy. We welcome back, she is not here to knoww, i want her she is welcome back to this committee. It is an honor for our committee to be interested with so many policy areas under our jurisdiction, ranging from Sexual Assault survivors rights, to issues of national security. We accomplished good things in the 114th congress. We held 99 hearings, 30 bills, every one of them bipartisan. 24 of the 30 were passed by the senate. 17 of them became law. Among the major bipartisan statutes reported by our committee were the country has worthy comprehensive addiction and recovery, defend trade secrets, justice for victims of trafficking, the justice against sponsors of terrorism, and during last years markup of the adam
Weve worked together on the drug caucus for some years now and i look forward to having the kind of relationship where if theres a problem, we can bring it to you and get it settled. And vice versa. Thank you. And i want to pay tribute to my good friend and he is a good friend and in a sense, in a real sense, a mentor. Senator leahy has been on this committee for a long time, more than i have and i have found him to be a mentor, stalwart and standup and i hope some of those characteristics in a modest way fell over on me. As the rules, mr. Chairman, of the committee allow and as we have done for most nominees during the last several congresses, im asking that the vote for senator sessions be held over until next week. And id like to take a few moments to explain why. The attorney general as we all know is charged with enforcing our laws and constitution. He must be vigilant, fair, and even handed. The department of justice must be outfront and strong. It must protect the rights of wome
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