Joint Statement Of
Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)
And Ranking Member Arlen Specter (R-Pa.)
On Postponement Of Tuesday’s Judiciary Committee
DOJ Oversight Hearing Until Thursday  
April 16, 2007

“We have consulted with the Attorney General and all understand it is appropriate to postpone Attorney General Gonzales’s appearance before the Judiciary Committee until Thursday, in light of the tragic events that occurred Monday at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.  Our thoughts and our prayers are with the victims of this senseless and horrific tragedy, their families and the Virginia Tech community.”

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