Yaay, a third round of questions. You betcha! Started with Sessions, followed by Hatch, Grassley and now Kyl.
Third round of Q&A will be followed by other witnesses.
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Committee Members
Leahy (D-VT)
Sessions (R-AL)
Kohl (D-WI)
Hatch (R-UT)
Feingold (D-WI)
Grassley (R-NE)
Cardin (D-MD)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Graham (R-SC)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Specter (D-PA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Franken (D-MN)
Schumer (D-NY)
Durbin (D-IL)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Kaufman (D-DE)
The Witness List
Panel I
Kim Askew - Chair, American Bar Association, Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary
Mary Boies - Member, American Bar Association, Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary
Panel II
Majority Witnesses
The Honorable Michael Bloomberg - Mayor, City of New York
Robert Morgenthau - District Attorney, New York County, New York
The Honorable Dustin McDaniel - Attorney General, State of Arkansas
Wade Henderson - President and CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Minority Witnesses
Frank Ricci - New Haven Fire Department
Lieutenant Ben Vargas - New Haven Fire Department
Peter Kirsanow, Esq. - Partner, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP and Commissioner, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Linda Chavez - Chairman, Center for Equal Opportunity
Panel III
Majority Witnesses
Louis Freeh - Former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chuck Canterbury - National President, Fraternal Order of Police
David Cone - Former Major League Baseball pitcher
Kate Stith - Lafayette S. Foster Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Minority Witnesses
Dr. Charmaine Yoest - Americans United for Life
Sandy Froman, Esq. - Attorney, Gun Rights Advocate, and Former President, National Rifle Association of America
David Kopel, Esq. - Independence Institute
Ilya Somin - Professor, George Mason University School of Law
Panel IV
Majority Witnesses
The Honorable Nydia Velazquez - Chair, Congressional Hispanic Caucus
The Honorable Jose E. Serrano - U.S. House of Representatives [NY-16]
Ramona Romero - National President, Hispanic National Bar Association
Theodore M. Shaw - Professor, Columbia Law School
Minority Witnesses
Tim Jeffries - Founder, P7 Enterprises
Neomi Rao - Professor, George Mason University School of Law
Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz - Professor, Georgetown University School of Law
John McGinnis - Professor, Northwestern University School of Law
Panel V
Majority Witnesses
Michael J. Garcia - Former United States Attorney, Southern District of New York
Patricia Hynes - President, New York City Bar Association
JoAnne A. Epps - Dean, Temple University Beasley School of Law, On behalf of the National Association of Women Lawyers
Minority Witnesses
David Rivkin, Esq. - Partner, Baker Hostetler
Dr. Stephen Halbrook - Attorney
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