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Resources that would go to prosecutors, and federal agents to be able to investigate and prosecute crimes, are being diverted to the bureau of prisons. The bureau of prisons now takes up almost twothirds of the departments budget. Thats really untenable and unsustainable. So i believe that mandatory minimum sentences are an important tool. But we but that we need to use that tool effectively. Senator blumenthal . Thanks, mr. Chairman. At the outset id like to ask permission to include in the record a statement from senator patrick leahy, our colleague from vermont, in support of ms. Yates nomi...

That fbi can do . There isnt a magic bullet. It is, to us, it is about a full court press making sure that we are that we have sources where we need them to be, that we have the capability, both the know how and Technical Capability to play in the online space where theyre meeting and recruiting and radicalizing and were closely connected to state and local partners. Theyre far more likely to hear about a guy leaving a community and going to syria and were connected with our intelligence partners and foreign partners who are trip wires for us. What happened with that guy is the egyptians spott...

Commissioner james is absent commissioner Vice President serlina commissioner itani commissioner loo commissioner ow commissioner sims commissioner roy and please note that executive director ann is present the next item is the approval of the minutes do i have a motion to approve any decision comments or questions. All in favor, say i. Any opposed thank you the motion carries item 3 approval the consent calendar do i have a motion to approve. Second you. Any discussion or comments or questions from the public hearing none. All in favor, say i. Any opposed thank you the motion carries item num...

At the same time, weve had a large increase in care in the community, choice hasnt worked as intended. Here are some things were doing to fix it. On april 24th we changed the measure from Straight Line to driving distance. Using the fastest route. This roughly doubles the number of veterans eligible for the 40mile program under choice. Excuse me. But there is much more to do. A followon mailing to all eligible veterans is about to go out. Weve Just Launched a major change in internal processes to make choice the default option for care in the community. Additional staff training and communicat...

Message where it needs to be delivered, that the time is critical and i look forward to being part of the solution. Thank you very much, mike, for your comments and your contributions. Ill take it a little bit out of order now and take my law partner and former member of congress, state of georgia, congressman Jack Kingston to give his perspective on some of the things theyre doing down in georgia, particularly in the port project area and hes now with us, with these projects probably had something to do with them back when you were in congress yourself. Jack, why dont you go ahead and tell us...