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“ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS FIRING” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H9513 on Nov. 14, 2018.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS FIRING
(Mr. SCHNEIDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, time and time again, President Trump has sought to undermine the independence of the Justice Department and its investigation into the Russian election interference led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The President's recent decision to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions is just the most recent example.
The President's effort to put the Mueller investigation under the supervision of an acting attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, with his long and vocal history of bias against this very investigation, is simply unacceptable.
The Mueller team must be allowed to finish its work without interference. This is more than just knowing what happened in 2016. It is imperative that we learn from the past to protect our Nation from future threats.
I urge the acting attorney general to do the right thing: recuse himself and return supervision of the investigation to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
I ask my colleagues in Congress to exercise our responsibility in upholding the rule of law and pass legislation that would protect the special counsel from a politically motivated firing. I await the findings of the special counsel and will follow the facts wherever they lead.
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