WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) released the following statement regarding President Obama’s nomination of U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch as Attorney General of the United States:
“I could not be more pleased that President Obama nominated North Carolina native, U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch, to serve as our nation’s next Attorney General. Her decades of experience as a prosecutor and in private practice makes her ideally suited to lead the Justice Department and the nation in this capacity. I look forward to the Senate’s swift confirmation of U.S. Attorney Lynch, and I commend the President on this historic nomination.”