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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Welch
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Request for Federal Action - Full Senate Vote on the Nomination of Loretta Lynch to be U.S. Attorney General
FOR the purpose of supporting the nomination of Loretta Lynch to replace Eric Holder as U.S. Attorney General, and calling on the Senate leadership to allow a vote on her nomination by the full Senate without further unwarranted delay.
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On November 8, 2014, President Barack Obama nominated Loretta Lynch to replace Eric Holder as U.S. Attorney General. Ms. Lynch?s well established legal reputation and demonstrated commitment to civil rights protection would bring a fair and steady hand to lead the U.S. Department of Justice. She would also make history as the first AfricanAmerican woman to serve as Attorney General.
In her current position as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Ms. Lynch has earned praise for her work fighting sex trafficking, police brutality, terrorism, and religious and racial hate crimes. In fact, throughout her 30year career, she has distinguished herself as tough, as fair, an independent lawyer who has twice headed one of the most prominent U.S. Attorney?s offices in the country. She also traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, in 2014 as part of the U.S. official delegation before the United Nations Covenant to Eradicate Racial Discrimination. At that time, her mastery of t...
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