Cruz: For 8 Years We’ve Seen a DoJe Consistently Disregarding the Rule of Law

Cruz Senator Sessions congratulations ░░░░░░░░ your nomination You are ░░░░░░░░ friend you are a ░░░░░░░░ of integrity you and ░░░░░░░░ have worked closely together ░░░░░░░░ this committee on the ░░░░░░░░ Services Committee I and ░░░░░░░░ have every confidence you ░░░░░░░░ going to make a ░░░░░░░░ attorney general This has ░░░░░░░░ an interesting day at ░░░░░░░░ hearing Listening to Democratic ░░░░░░░░ after Democratic Senator give ░░░░░░░░ and praise of the ░░░░░░░░ of law And I ░░░░░░░░ heartened by that I ░░░░░░░░ encouraged by that Because ░░░░░░░░ eight years it s ░░░░░░░░ absent For eight years ░░░░░░░░ have seen a Department ░░░░░░░░ Justice consistently disregarding the ░░░░░░░░ of law When Eric ░░░░░░░░ s Department of Justice ░░░░░░░░ illegally sold guns to ░░░░░░░░ gun traffickers as part ░░░░░░░░ Fast and Furious guns ░░░░░░░░ were later used to ░░░░░░░░ Border Patrol agent Brian ░░░░░░░░ the Democratic members of ░░░░░░░░ committee were silent When ░░░░░░░░ Holder was found in ░░░░░░░░ of Congress for refusing ░░░░░░░░ cooperate with Congress s ░░░░░░░░ into Fast and Furious ░░░░░░░░ again the Democratic members ░░░░░░░░ this committee were silent ░░░░░░░░ the IRS illegally targeted ░░░░░░░░ States citizens for exercising ░░░░░░░░ First Amendment views for ░░░░░░░░ their roles in the ░░░░░░░░ process Democratic members of ░░░░░░░░ committee were silent When ░░░░░░░░ Department of Justice refused ░░░░░░░░ fairly investigate the IRS ░░░░░░░░ citizens and indeed assign ░░░░░░░░ investigation to a liberal ░░░░░░░░ Democrat who had given ░░░░░░░░ 6 000 to President ░░░░░░░░ and Democrats Democrats on ░░░░░░░░ committee were silent When ░░░░░░░░ members of this committee ░░░░░░░░ on the attorney general ░░░░░░░░ appoint a special prosecutor ░░░░░░░░ ensure that justice was ░░░░░░░░ in the IRS case ░░░░░░░░ on this committee were ░░░░░░░░ When the Justice Department ░░░░░░░░ using Operation Choke Point ░░░░░░░░ target law abiding citizens ░░░░░░░░ they disagreed with politically ░░░░░░░░ noise shouting Audience member ░░░░░░░░ Inaudible crowd shouting Free ░░░░░░░░ is a wonderful thing ░░░░░░░░ the Department of Justice ░░░░░░░░ Operation Choke Point to ░░░░░░░░ legal businesses because they ░░░░░░░░ politically when those businesses ░░░░░░░░ Democrats on this committee ░░░░░░░░ silent When the Obama ░░░░░░░░ Department sent millions of ░░░░░░░░ to taxpayer monies to ░░░░░░░░ cities that were defying ░░░░░░░░ immigration law the Democrats ░░░░░░░░ this committee were silent ░░░░░░░░ the Obama Administration refused ░░░░░░░░ enforce federal immigration laws ░░░░░░░░ unilaterally rewrote those laws ░░░░░░░░ Democrats on this committee ░░░░░░░░ silent When the Obama ░░░░░░░░ released tens of thousands ░░░░░░░░ criminal illegal aliens including ░░░░░░░░ and murderers into the ░░░░░░░░ population Democrats on this ░░░░░░░░ were silent When the ░░░░░░░░ of Justice signed off ░░░░░░░░ the Obama Administration paying ░░░░░░░░ nearly 2 billion ransom ░░░░░░░░ Iran contrary to federal ░░░░░░░░ the Democrats on this ░░░░░░░░ were silent When the ░░░░░░░░ Administration ignored and rewrote ░░░░░░░░ after provision of ObamaCare ░░░░░░░░ to the text of ░░░░░░░░ law the Democrats on ░░░░░░░░ committee were silent When ░░░░░░░░ Obama Administration signed off ░░░░░░░░ illegal recess appointments that ░░░░░░░░ Supreme Court had to ░░░░░░░░ down unanimously the Democrats ░░░░░░░░ this committee were silent ░░░░░░░░ when the Obama Administration ░░░░░░░░ five Guantanamo terrorists without ░░░░░░░░ required notification of Congress ░░░░░░░░ Democrats on this committee ░░░░░░░░ silent That pattern has ░░░░░░░░ dismaying for eight years ░░░░░░░░ I take today as ░░░░░░░░ moment of celebration If ░░░░░░░░ again this committee has ░░░░░░░░ bipartisan commitment to rule ░░░░░░░░ law to following the ░░░░░░░░ that is a wonderful ░░░░░░░░ and it is consistent ░░░░░░░░ the tradition of this ░░░░░░░░ going back centuries.”