Mr. Speaker, I struggle to understand how Senator Sessions can even
be considered to lead the Department of Justice when time and time
again throughout his political career he has actively opposed the
mission and purpose for which the Department of Justice was created. For the better part of my life--at least a half a century--the
Department of Justice has assumed a position of leadership in the fight
for the civil rights of African Americans who seek the uninhibited
right to vote, for young women who seek protection against sexual
assault on college campuses, for disabled individuals who fight for
equitable access to basic services, and for immigrants who aspire to
pursue their visions of the American Dream. The nomination of Senator Sessions does not support the legacy of
progress that has been made under the auspices of the modern-day
Department of Justice. As a young prosecutor, he directed racial slurs
at his African American colleagues.
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