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Hearings, Congressional Record, video, press

Alberto R. Gonzales:
Confirmation hearings and debates

by Charles Judson Harwood Jr.

• Presidential nomination PN12-109 received, “Executive nominations received by the Senate January 4, 2005,” 151 Congressional Record S34 {pf} {3kb.txt, 36kb.pdf} (U.S. Congress 109-1, daily edition 151:1, January 4 2005) {SuDoc: X/A.109/1:151/1}.

• Confirmation Hearing on the Nomination of Alberto R. Gonzales to be Attorney General of the United States {160kb.txt, 30.4mb.pdf, purl} (U.S. Congress 109-1, Senate Judiciary Committee, Serial No. J-109-1, Senate Hearing 109-4, January 6 2005, 5+735 pages) {SuDoc: Y 4.J 89/2:S.HRG.109-4, LCCN: 2005618057, OCLC: 60386286, GPOCat, LL: paper, microfiche, DL, WorldCat}, transcripts (omitting the three witnesses following Gonzales) {359kb.html, copy, copy} (FDCH/FNS: The New York Times, January 6 2005; Washington Post, January 6 2005). Two FDCH transcripts, one via Lexis (the three witnesses following Gonzales). Three Federal News Service transcripts: 9:29 a.m., 1:59 p.m., 5:17 p.m.:

Consolidated C-Span video, January 6 2005, 9:05 a.m. (7:01 hours). Prepared written witness statements (January 6 2005): Alberto R. Gonzales (Counsel to President George W. Bush); John D. Hutson (President & Dean, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord New Hampshire, formerly Judge Advocate General of the Navy (1997-2000), Judge Advocate, U.S. Navy (1972-2000)); Douglas A. Johnson (Executive Director, Center of Victims of Torture, Minneapolis Minnesota), Harold Hongju Koh (Dean and Professor of International Law, Yale Law School, New Haven Connecticut, formerly Attorney-Adviser, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice (1983-1985)).

• Alberto R. Gonzales, Written Answers (January 18 2005), to written questions by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee: Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. {4618kb.pdf}, Thomas Allen Coburn {77kb.pdf}, Richard Joseph Durbin {3815kb.pdf, 3787kb.pdf}, Russell D. Feingold {5085kb.pdf}, Dianne Feinstein {3225kb.pdf}, Lindsey O. Graham {430kb.pdf}, Charles Ernest Grassley {3503kb.pdf}, Orrin Grant Hatch {1508kb.pdf}, Edward Moore Kennedy {3143kb.pdf, 4387kb.pdf, 3635kb.pdf}, Herbert H. Kohl {1446kb.pdf}, Patrick Joseph Leahy {6969kb.pdf}, Carl Levin {1418kb.pdf}, Charles Ellis Schumer {1371kb.pdf}, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III {1032kb.pdf}, Arlen Specter {333kb.pdf}.

• Executive Business Meeting, Agenda: Nomination of Alberto R. Gonzales to be Attorney General of the United States (U.S. Congress 109-1, Senate Judiciary Committee, 2005):

• January 19, postponed for one week. Statements by Senators Leahy, Kennedy (January 18-19).

• January 26, vote to recommend (10/8), transcripts (none posted on the internet). FDCH transcript (none via Lexis). Federal News Service transcript: 9:30 a.m. C-Span video, none, statement by Senator Leahy (January 26).

• Senate debate, “Nomination of Alberto R. Gonzales to be Attorney General of the United States,” 151 Congressional Record (2005), January 24 (151:4): S128-S129 {pf} {11kb.txt, 00kb.pdf}, S129-S130 {9kb.txt, 00kb.pdf}, January 26 (151:6): S573 {pf} {1kb.txt, 44kb.pdf} (Judiciary Committee recommendation), January 31 (151:7): S615 {pf} {3kb.txt, 57kb.pdf} (debate schedule), S677 {pf} {2kb.txt, 51kb.pdf} (debate order), S677 {pf} {2kb.txt, 51kb.pdf} (debate program), February 1 (151:8): S681 {pf} {1kb.txt, 65kb.pdf} (schedule), S682-S683 {7kb.txt, 55kb.pdf}, S687-S688 {pf} {5kb.txt, 54kb.pdf}, S688-S705 {pf} {164kb.txt, 175kb.pdf}, S705-S732 {pf} {169kb.txt, 226kb.pdf}, S831 {pf} {1kb.txt, 45kb.pdf} (order), S831 {pf} {1kb.txt, 45kb.pdf} (program), February 2 (151:9): S833 {pf} {1kb.txt, 56kb.pdf} (schedule), S834-S873 {pf} {170kb.txt, 305kb.pdf} (executive session), S908 {pf} {1kb.txt, 40kb.pdf} (order/program), February 3 (151:10): S909 {pf} {1kb.txt, 56kb.pdf} (8 hours remaining), S923-961 {pf} {170kb.txt, 289kb.pdf} (executive session), S961 {pf} {3kb.txt, 42kb.pdf}, S993 {pf} {4kb.txt, 51kb.pdf}, S994 {pf} {1kb.txt, 49kb.pdf} (U.S. Congress 109-1, daily edition 151:1, 4, 6-10, Jan. 4, 24, 26, 31, Feb. 1-3 2005) {SuDoc: X/A.109/1:151/1, 4, 6-10, ISSN: 0363-7239, LCCN: 80646573, OCLC: 02437919, GPOCat, LL: paper, microfiche, DL, WorldCat}, C-Span video/text, by speaker segment (C-Span Congressional Chronicle, Senate, February 1, 2, 3 2005).

• Senate roll call vote 109-1:3 (60/36/4) (February 3 2005, 4:29 p.m.).

 

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Charles Judson Harwood Jr.

Posted January 30 2005. Updated May 16 2008.

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