Holder Hearing Rescheduled
WASHINGTON (Monday, Dec. 15, 2008) - In an effort to accommodate Senate
Republicans, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)
has postponed the confirmation hearing for Eric H. Holder Jr., to be the
Attorney General of the United States for more than 30 days from today,
January 15, 2009.
"The Committee has not yet received the names of other designees for
high-ranking Department of Justice officials that we had anticipated and
more time is now available to the Judiciary Committee. Therefore,
to accommodate the Republicans on the Judiciary Committee, at their
request we are delaying the hearing, again, until January 15. The
Assistant Republican Leader said last year that 'attorney general
nominees have been confirmed, on average, in approximately three weeks.'
Nonetheless, in order to accommodate the Republicans members, I am
rescheduling the hearing on Mr. Holder for twice that long, until more
than six weeks after his official designation. It is disappointing
to me that they are insisting that we delay at a time when the nation
needs its top law enforcement officer and national security team in
place and working. I trust that with this additional time to
prepare, they will cooperate in proceeding promptly to Committee and
Senate consideration of the historic Holder nomination as Democrats did
for President Bush."
The hearing has been rescheduled for January 15, 2009, at 9:30 a.m. in
the historic Senate Caucus Room, room 325 of the Russell Senate Office
Building. The hearing will be webcast
live online.
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December 15, 2008
REVISED
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE HEARING
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing on the nomination of Eric
H. Holder Jr. to be Attorney General of the United States scheduled for
Thursday, January 8, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. has
been postponed and will take place on Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 9:30
a.m. in room 325 of the Russell
Senate Office Building (Russell Caucus Room).
By order of the
Chairman
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