If you care about criminal justice reform, if you care about seeing
fewer people go to jail for petty crimes, if you care about directing
fewer taxpayer dollars to the prison industry, then you have to be
opposed to this nomination. If you care about the LGBT community; if you believe that people
shouldn't be discriminated against or punished because of whom they
love; if you believe that people, regardless of their identity, should
be able to get married or wear our Nation's finest uniform, then you
have to be opposed. If you care about immigration; if you believe in immigration; if you
are a business owner who wants to hire the best and the brightest; if
your family came to this country to pursue the American dream; if you
are a person of faith who believes in caring for those who suffer, for
the stranger in our midst, you have to be opposed to this nomination. If you care about women's rights; if you believe that women are not
to be treated like second-class citizens, that our daughters are just
as capable as our sons and that they have the right to make their own
decisions about their own health care; if you believe they should be
paid the same for doing the same job, then you have to be opposed. If you care about our democracy; if you want people to raise their
voices and take part in shaping the future of our country; if you are
dismayed to know that millions of people are being prevented from
voting not because they aren't eligible but because of senseless laws
that restrict their rights, then you have to oppose this nomination. The Senate must stand up for civil rights, for voting rights, for
women's rights, for immigrants' rights, and that means we must vote no
on Jeff Sessions for Attorney General. I urge my colleagues to join me in opposing this nomination. I yield the floor.
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