opposition to this nomination by president obama. but if you look at what republicans have been saying it is clear they are going to use this as a stage for a referendum on president obama and on her predecessor, should she be confirmed and that is eric holder. they are going to hit her and try to figure out what we are goals, her ideas, and whether she will support the policies put forth by eric holder and president obama. we will see fireworks from the likes of senator ted cruz he is on this panel. his wing man is there as well. you are going to see her attack her on that issue as well as things like voter id laws republicans accuse the administration of lax enforcement on those. but she is an individual who has been endorsed by everybody from the former mayor of new york city. and she has been confirmed twice already by the senate. she has done two stints as a u.s. attorney. now serving as the u.s. attorney for southern new york. and that brings up another interesting poin
good morning. i welcome everyone to this very very important hearing. before we start i d like to state a few things. these are some ground rules, pretty much the same as what former chairman and my friend senator leahy and others have done stated in the past. i want everyone to be able to watch the hearing without obstruction. if people stand up and block the view of those behind them, or speak out of turn, it s not fair or considerate to others. so officers would then remove those individuals. i know that there s a lot to protest regarding this administration s policies, but this isn t the time or place to do it. before i turn to our opening statements, i wanted to go over a couple of housekeeping items and explain how we re going to proceed. senator leahy and i will give our opening statements. then i will call on senators schumer and gillibrand to introduce the nominee. following miss lynch s opening remarks we ll begin with the first round of questions, in which each
2015. i hereby appoint the honorable randy hultgren to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. we give you thanks, o god, for giving us another day. as you make available to your people the grace and knowledge to meet the needs of the day, we pray that your spirit will be upon the members of this people s house, giving them the richness of your wisdom. bless the members of the minority party as they gather these next days. may they, with those who accompany them, travel safely and meet in peace. bless, also, the majority party as they return to their constituencies. give them hearts and ears to listen well to all those whom they represent. may the power of your truth and our faith in your providence give them all the confidence they must have to do the good work required for service to our nation. m
with us on washington journal tomorrow. now president obama s pick to be the next attorney general loretta lynch testifies at her confirmation hearing before the senate judiciary committee from earlier today. [indiscernible] good morning. i welcome everyone to this very, very important hearing. very important hearing. before we start i d like to state a few things. these are some ground rules, pretty much the same as what former chairman and my friend senator leahy and others have done stated in the past. i want everyone to be able to watch the hearing without obstruction. if people stand up and block the view of those behind them, or speak out of turn, it s not fair or considerate to others. so officers would then remove those individuals. i know that there s a lot to protest regarding this administration s policies, but this isn t the time or place to do it. before i turn to our opening statements, i wanted to go over a couple of housekeeping items and explain how we r
exhibitions of being a professional in her line of business and if she s not confirmed it would be a shame to the congress and it would be a shame to america. this is a very sharp, intelligent woman who is very professional who answered all their questions. and came across as an excellent, excellent candidate for attorney general. and if she is not confirmed, everybody in the senate ought to just resign their positions is what should happen. on to alexander in pennsylvania on our republican line. this is barry of the just make sure folks, you turn down your television or radio when you call in. barry, go ahead. i think one of the top priorities for any attorney general should be able to distinguish and define the word illegal and making a statement that illegal aliens have as much right to work as citizens i think crosses the line of not being able to distinguish or to determine the definition of the word illegal. i ve watched unfortunately not all of this questioning.