Weekly Address: It’s Time To Confirm Loretta Lynch (March 21, 2015)

奧巴馬每周電視講話：總統要求盡快投票通過對洛麗塔·林奇的任命

Hi, everybody. One of the most important positions in the President's Cabinet-and to our national security, our law enforcement, and our criminal justice system-is Attorney General.

大家好！總統內閣最重要的職位之一，也是對我們的國家安全、法律執行和刑事司法制度最重要的職位之一，就是司法部長。

It has been more than four months since I nominated Loretta Lynch to serve as the next Attorney General of the United States. For 30 years, Loretta has distinguished herself as a tough, fair, and independent attorney. As the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, she successfully prosecuted the terrorists who plotted to bomb the Federal Reserve Bank and the New York City subway. She helped secure billions in settlements for people wronged by some of the world's biggest banks. She's been dogged in her pursuit of public corruption. She's jailed some of New York's most violent and notorious mobsters and gang members. And through it all, she's worked closely with law enforcement and local communities to get the job done.

我提名洛麗塔?林奇擔任下一任聯邦司法部長已經過去4個多月了。30多年來，洛麗塔證明了她是一位嚴厲、公平、獨立的檢察官。作為紐約東部地區的聯邦檢察長，她成功起訴了密謀炸彈襲擊聯邦儲備銀行和紐約地鐵的恐怖分子。她還幫助受到某些世界最大銀行不公對待的人們通過庭外和解保住了數十億資金。她還致力于打擊公權力腐敗。她將紐約最殘暴、臭名昭著的歹徒和黑幫成員打入大牢。在所有這些事情中，她與地方執法人員和社區通力合作，出色地完成了任務。

In short, her qualifications are superb. That's why, in the past, the Senate easily confirmed Loretta to lead one of the most prominent U.S. Attorney offices in the country-not once, but twice.

總之，她的履歷超凡出色。正因如此， 參議院在過去毫無困難地確認洛麗塔領導全國最重要的聯邦檢察官辦公室之一。而且不是一次，是兩次。

Still-it has been more than four months since I nominated Loretta Lynch to serve as Attorney General.

到今天為止，距我提名洛麗塔?林奇擔任司法部長一職已經過去四個多月了。

And this time, Republican leaders in Congress won't even let her nomination come up for a vote. In fact, by Monday, Loretta will have been languishing on the Senate floor for longer than the seven previous Attorneys General combined. Let me say that again-she will have been waiting for a simple yes-or-no vote on the Senate floor for longer than the seven previous Attorneys General combined.

這一次，國會的共和黨領導人連一次投票表決的機會都不給。而到下周一，洛麗塔的提名在參議院等待投票確認的時間比前七位司法部長等待的時間總和還長。我再強調一遍，她在等待參議院一個簡單的同意或否決的投票表決，這一時間超過了前七任司法部長等待時間的總和。

No one can claim she's unqualified. No one's saying she can't do the job. Senators from both parties say they support her. This is purely about politics. First, Republicans held up her nomination because they were upset about the actions I took to make our broken immigration system smarter and fairer. Now they're denying her a vote until they can figure out how to pass a bill on a completely unrelated issue. But they could bring her up for a yes-or-no vote at any time.

沒有人可以質疑她的工作能力。沒有人敢說她不稱職。兩黨的參議員們都說自己支持她。這次完全就是政治把戲。首先，共和黨人擔心我改革移民系統，使其更明智更公平而采取的舉措讓他們擔憂，他們因此阻撓對洛麗塔的任命。現在，他們想等到制定并通過一部與之毫無干系的法案之后再對她進行投票。但他們完全可以在任何時候對她進行投票表決。

Republicans promised that Congress would function smoothly with them in charge. Here's a chance for them to prove it. Congress should stop playing politics with law enforcement and national security. They should support good people in both parties who want to reform our criminal justice system. And that means they should end the longest confirmation process for an Attorney General in three decades, and give Loretta Lynch a vote.

共和黨人承諾掌控國會之后會讓各項流程更順暢。現在就是他們證明這一點的機會。國會不可以在關系執法和國家安全的問題上繼續玩弄政治手腕。他們應該支持兩黨中想要改革我們刑事司法體系的好人。這就需要他們結束30多年來最長的司法部長確認流程，給洛麗塔?林奇一次投票表決的機會。

Thank you. And have a great weekend.

謝謝大家！祝你們周末愉快！

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