WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senate Majority Whip, spoke on the Senate Floor as the Senate prepares to vote on the confirmation of Pam Bondi, President Donald J. Trump’s nominee for Attorney General.
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Sen. Barrasso’s remarks as prepared:
“The Justice Department needs a leader who has the qualifications, the experience, the determination, and the moral clarity to keep America safe.
“Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is that leader. She has my vote and my vocal support.
“The Attorney General is America’s top prosecutor. The role should be filled by an experienced prosecutor.
“Attorney General Bondi has prosecution experience. A lot of it.
“She spent almost 30 years as a criminal prosecutor and then as a state attorney general. She has more trial experience than any modern U.S. Attorney General.
“Attorney General Bondi is the most experienced career criminal prosecutor ever to be America’s chief law enforcement officer. She is ready to lead on Day One.
“In Florida, Attorney General Bondi prosecuted a range of violent crimes. She locked up the worst of the worst. Her signature achievements were in fighting illegal drugs and human trafficking.
“When she became Florida Attorney General in 2011, the state was overrun with pill mills and opioid overdoses.
“Pam Bondi shut down the pill mills. She locked up the drug dealers. She pushed for stronger laws to stop the spread of synthetic opioids.
“Under her leadership, Florida led the fight against this deadly epidemic.
“Attorney General Bondi also protected victims of human trafficking in Florida. She pledged to make combatting human trafficking a top priority at the Department of Justice.
“Pam Bondi is a fierce advocate for safety. She is also a skilled leader.
“The Department of Justice is a huge agency. It controls 40 separate organizations. It employs more than 115,000 people. It oversees all 94 U.S. Attorneys across the country.
“Leading the DOJ is an enormous undertaking. Pam Bondi is up to the challenge.
“The Florida Attorney General’s office is one of the largest in the country.
“It handles a broad scope of civil and criminal investigations, just like the Department of Justice. She led that office effectively and efficiently.
“Attorney General Bondi has received overwhelming support from across the country.
“More than 100 former senior DOJ officials wrote a letter to the Judiciary Committee in support of Pam Bondi. Here is what they said about Bondi’s track record: It shows ‘the no-nonsense, law-and-order, pro-law enforcement approach she will bring to the Department of Justice.’
“The Fraternal Order of Police also urged the Senate to confirm Pam Bondi. This is an organization of more than 377,000 members of law enforcement.
“Attorney General Bondi has also earned the support of Second Amendment advocates.
“United States Attorney General Pam Bondi will stand in stark contrast to the prior administration’s Justice Department.
“The previous administration gave us two tiers of justice.
“It labeled parents as ‘domestic terrorists.’ It brought charges against pro-life protestors, then threw them in prison. It worked with left-wing judges and prosecutors to try to throw President Trump in jail.
“This doesn’t begin to get into the Russiagate Hoax or covering up for Hunter Biden. In both cases, you saw rogue federal agents try to subvert the democratic process.
“At her hearing before the Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Bondi promised a different path.
“Instead of playing politics, Pam Bondi pledged to enforce the law fairly,
fully, and faithfully.
“As she said in her opening statement, she will return the DOJ to its ‘core mission of keeping Americans safe and vigorously enforcing the law.’
“Her commitment to the Constitution, public safety, and equal justice under the law is exactly what America needs.
“The partisan, politicized, and polarizing prosecutions are over. Pam Bondi will usher in a new era of safety, sanity, and justice. Pam Bondi has my vote to be United States Attorney General.
“The Senate should confirm her without delay.”
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