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Address: It’s Time to Confirm Loretta Lynch
The White House
March 21, 2015
Hi, everybody. One of the most important positions in the
President’s Cabinet – and to our national security, our law enforcement, and
our criminal justice system – is Attorney General.
It has been more than four months
since I nominated Loretta Lynch to serve as the next Attorney General of the
United States. For 30 years, Loretta has
distinguished herself as a tough, fair, and independent attorney. As the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District
of New York, she successfully prosecuted the terrorists who plotted to bomb the
Federal Reserve Bank and the New York City subway. She helped secure billions in settlements for
people wronged by some of the world’s biggest banks. She’s been dogged in her pursuit of public
corruption. She’s jailed some of New
York’s most violent and notorious mobsters and gang members. And through it all, she’s worked closely with
law enforcement and local communities to get the job done.
In short, her qualifications are
superb. That’s why, in the past, the
Senate easily confirmed Loretta to lead one of the most prominent U.S. Attorney
offices in the country – not once, but twice.
Still – it has been more than
four months since I nominated Loretta Lynch to serve as Attorney General.
And this time, Republican leaders
in Congress won’t even let her nomination come up for a vote. In fact, by Monday, Loretta will have been
languishing on the Senate floor for longer than the seven previous Attorneys
General combined. Let me say that again
– she will have been waiting for a simple yes-or-no vote on the Senate floor
for longer than the seven previous Attorneys General combined.
No one can claim she’s
unqualified. No one’s saying she can’t
do the job. Senators from both parties
say they support her. This is purely
about politics. First, Republicans held
up her nomination because they were upset about the actions I took to make our
broken immigration system smarter and fairer.
Now they’re denying her a vote until they can figure out how to pass a
bill on a completely unrelated issue.
But they could bring her up for a yes-or-no vote at any time.
Republicans promised that
Congress would function smoothly with them in charge. Here’s a chance for them to prove it. Congress should stop playing politics with
law enforcement and national security.
They should support good people in both parties who want to reform our
criminal justice system. And that means
they should end the longest confirmation process for an Attorney General in
three decades, and give Loretta Lynch a vote.
Thank you. And have a great weekend. |
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