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Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy - Christopher Schroeder

Assistant Attorney General Christopher Schroeder was confirmed on April 21, 2010.  A hearing to consider his nomination was held on June 24, 2009.  The nomination was reported by the Committee on  July 28, 2009.  icon_webcastOn December 24, 2009, the nomination was returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.  President Obama again nominated Christopher Schroeder to be the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy on January 20, 2010.  The nomination was reported by the Committee on February 4, 2010.

Committee Questionnaire (Attachments Available Upon Request)
  • Questionnaire Supplement - "Environmental Regulation: Law, Science, and Policy - 6th Edition," 2009 (textbook)
  • Question 12A
  • Question 12B
  • Question 12C
  • Question 12D
  • Question 12E
  • Question 14E
  • Question 17

Responses to Questions Submitted for the Record

  • Questions for the Record:  Ranking Member Jeff Sessions
  • Questions for the Record:  Senator Tom Coburn

Letters Received in Connection with the Nomination

  • July 14, 2009 - Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr., Chair, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
  • June 23, 2009 - Joint Letter [Eleanor D. Acheson, former Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Policy Development; Walter E. Dellinger III, former Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel, former Acting Solicitor General; Jamie S. Gorelick, former Deputy Attorney General; Randolph D. Moss, former Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel; Beth Nolan, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel; H. Jefferson Powell, former Deputy Assistant Attorney Central for the Office of Legal Counsel, former Principal Deputy Solicitor General; Teresa Wynn Roseborough, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel; Lois J. Schiffer, former Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division; Howard M. Shapiro, former General Counsel, Federal Bureau of Investigation; Richard L. Shiffrin, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel; Seth P. Waxman, former Solicitor General]
  • June 22, 2009 - Kenneth W. Starr, Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean and Professor of Law
  • June 19, 2009 - David F. Levi, Dean, Duke University School of Law
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