NRA Statement on Judiciary Committee's Vote on Attorney General Nominee

Fairfax, Va.— Chris Cox, executive director of the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA), today issued the following statement following the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s approval of Sen. Jeff Sessions’s nomination to be United States attorney general.

“The NRA and our five million members urge all senators to swiftly confirm Sen. Sessions as attorney general. Sen. Sessions will put the priority of the Justice Department back where it belongs — on prosecuting violent criminals and getting them off our streets. He strongly supports proven crime fighting programs like Project Exile. At the same time, he will protect the rights of law-abiding gun owners.”

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