Again, he calls all of this ``an end run around the
democratic process.'' Senator Sessions blocked bipartisan efforts to
reduce sentences for certain nonviolent drug offenses. There is surely a need for an independent Attorney General, and that
is my third macro concern about my colleague Senator Sessions being
elevated to be the Attorney General of the United States of America. In
light of President Trump's cruel and foolish and badly executed
Executive order on immigrants and refugees, we need an Attorney General
who will be an independent voice beholden to the Constitution and the
American people, not to the President. We have seen this order wreak
havoc on Ohio students and families. A Cleveland father who had waited 4 years to reunite with his 14-
year-old son was forced to wait even longer when his refugee son was
banned. We are a nation that embraces refugees. My son-in-law, at the age of
10, was living in El Salvador with his family. His mother was a
journalist. His mother was the target of threats to her life because of
political violence in El Salvador. My son-in-law's family came to the
United States and was welcomed in this country. We welcome refugees who
were victims, potential victims, or about to be victims of political
violence or violence of any kind. That is what we are as a nation. My son-in-law is married to our daughter.
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