Appropriations Democrats steamed that Sessions won't testify at their hearings

Attorney General Jeff Sessions should not cancel his appearance before the House and Senate spending panels, top Democratic appropriators said Monday, after Sessions opted to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee instead.

“We are disappointed Attorney General Sessions has cancelled — for the second time — his scheduled testimony to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees,” House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., and senior committee member Jose Serrano, D-N.Y., said in a statement. “Instead of two hearings open to the public, the attorney general will participate in only one with the Senate Intelligence Committee, which may be closed to the public.”