Chairman Grassley greets Rep. John Lewis and then his Senate colleague, Sen. Cory Booker, witnesses on the afternoon Sessions hearing panel.pic.twitter.com/oFOe5MKsx6
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John Lewis: "The Bill of Rights, and its amendments. These are the forces I represent today."
Lewis, on growing up in Alabama: "The rule of law was used to violate the human rights of the poor [including] people of color."
On the fight for voting rights, Lewis says, "We had to sit-in, we had to stand-in, we had to march."
Lewis: "There are forces that want to take us back ... and we don't want to go back."
Lewis: "It doesn't matter how Sen. Sessions may smile ... We need someone as Attorney General who will look out for all of us."
Now up, Jesse Seroyer, who served with Sessions in the US Attorney's Office: "He believes in law and order for all of the people."
Seroyer: "A decent ... and faithful man." On the law, "Jeff Sessions loves the people who do the enforcement side of it."
Two protesters, about Gitmo and torture, rise, speak up, and are escorted out.pic.twitter.com/idR6MgbW68
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