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"Attorney General Sessions' narrow recusal and his sorry attempt to explain away his perjury are totally inadequate. He is clearly trying to maintain his ability to control the larger investigation into the sprawling personal, political and financial grip Russia has on the Trump Administration.
"Attorney General Sessions' lies to the Senate and to the American people make him unfit to serve as the chief law enforcement officer of our country. He must resign immediately."
"We are far past recusal. Jeff #Sessions lied under oath. Anything less than resignation or removal from office is unacceptable," Pelosi tweeted.
Pelosi first called for Sessions to resign late Wednesday, shortly after reports that Sessions met with Russia's U.S. ambassador twice during last year's campaign.
Sessions said during his January confirmation hearings that he had no contact with Russia. He said at the time: "I did not have communications with the Russians."
Since the revelation, Sessions has faced rising calls from Republicans to recuse himself from any investigations into Russia's connections to President Trump's administration.
"The top law enforcement officer of the United States cannot be a person who lies under oath to the American people. Attorney General Sessions' impartiality was already suspect, now we know he does not have the integrity to lead the Department of Justice.
"Jeff Sessions lied under oath during his confirmation hearing before the Senate. Under penalty of perjury, he told the Senate Judiciary Committee, ‘I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians.' We now know that statement is false.
"Attorney General Sessions has never had the credibility to oversee the FBI investigation of senior Trump officials' ties to the Russians. That is why Democrats have consistently called for Sessions to recuse himself from any oversight of the investigation.
"If Republicans are too terrified of their constituents to make their plan to destroy affordable health care public, they shouldn't try to make it law. With no public hearings and no CBO score, Republicans have chosen a cowardly process to Make America Sick Again before their constituents realize the damage that could be done.
"Each Women's History Month, Americans pay tribute to the courageous women who have strengthened our great democracy. We honor the women whose labor and advocacy, leadership and sacrifice have moved America closer to fulfilling our highest ideals.
"One hundred years ago this year, Jeannette Rankin, a suffragist, became the first woman elected to Congress. By fighting for and winning the right to vote, women created a more just future for all of our families. Women at the vanguard of change remind us that nothing is more wholesome to our democracy than the increased participation of women in the political process.
"The President's speech was utterly disconnected from the cruel reality of his conduct.
"The President speaks like a populist, but he is selling working people down the river to Wall Street. He claims that he's making America safer, but he has jeopardized the security of our country and weakened our fight against terror with his Administration's dangerous, incompetent and unconstitutional actions.