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Expenditure of our federal resources in incarceration and the i think the average on mandatory minimums is about 11year incarceration and so without going too far, are you suggesting that those resources could be applied in other ways to make us safer . Absolutely. As ive looked at the spending of the department of justice and seeing that the bureau of prisons each and every year takes up a larger and larger percentage of the department of justice budget, that money has to come from somewhere and where its been coming from is money for agents and prosecutors and also critically importantly mon...

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...

Its a draft memoir. This is the first time its been made public. Narrator and evidence of how hightech spies accessed the terrorists communications but still didnt stop the attack. What role did the program play in stopping headley . None. Narrator tonight frontline and Propublica Investigate an american terrorist. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontline is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant ...

Its a draft memoir. This is the first time its been made public. Narrator and evidence of how hightech spies accessed the terrorists communications but still didnt stop the attack. What role did the program play in stopping headley . None. Narrator tonight frontline and Propublica Investigate an american terrorist. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontline is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant ...

Chuck grassley we will start with you. Itwe will have our Opening Statements. The constitution recognizes us as equal. I was going to call on you first because you are the Senior Member here today. It you have been a respected member of the house of representatives and you know miss yates. Hope you will start. John lewis thank you very much. I am delighted and pleased to be here. I am on a to be here with my friend from the georgia delegation. We are introducing the United States attorney for the district of georgia. She has been nominated to serve as Deputy Attorney general of the United Stat...