Sullivan Votes Against Loretta Lynch Confirmation
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) released the following statement today after voting against the nomination of Loretta Lynch to be attorney general for the United States.
“I applaud Ms. Lynch’s impressive background, including her many years of public service as a federal prosecutor. However, the most important question a nominee for attorney general has to definitively answer and demonstrate is whether his or her principal responsibility is to uphold the rule of law and Constitution or to defend the president’s policies,” Sen. Sullivan said. “In her public testimony and in a private meeting with me, Ms. Lynch has been unconvincing that she would put the law and the Constitution above defending the president’s policies, many of which I believe have undermined the separation of powers.”
“This is a particularly important issue in Alaska, where the Obama administration has used federal overreach, dubious legal authority and federal agency action to lock up millions of acres of Alaska land, which threatens the future of the people of my state. For these reasons, I could not support Ms. Lynch’s nomination for the attorney general of the United States.”
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