I worked successfully with Senator Sessions on a number of UC's over
the years such as adoption and human trafficking. We have worked
together well, and if he is confirmed, I am sure we will find some
areas of common agreement. I am not supporting him, however, and I have
told him this in person and I have talked about it at the Judiciary
Committee because of my concerns relating to some of his views on some
of the core functions of the Justice Department, and that is enforcing
voting rights, the handling of immigration issues, the freedom of the
press, and the Violence Against Women Act. Now, he has assured me that he will keep the Office on Violence
Against Women funded--which I appreciate--in the Justice Department,
but I was very concerned that he had actually voted against the
Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization recently. It was something
that the majority of Republican Senators voted for and every single
woman Senator, Democrat or Republican, voted in favor of.
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