WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following news release:
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) applauded the Senate's confirmation of 13 U.S. Attorneys and the Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Criminal Division. The nominees were confirmed last night as part of a nominations package of 97 executive nominees, by a vote of 53-43.
Under Grassley's leadership, the Senate this year confirmed 31 of President Trump's U.S. Attorneys, which is the same number of U.S. Attorneys confirmed during the first year of the Biden administration. Four of the 31 confirmed U.S. Attorneys received blue slips from Democrat senators.
"U.S. Attorneys are an essential component of law enfo...