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There's no doubt that federal, state, and tribal resources professionally applied and in accord with scientifically proven policies can positively impact the crime rate. if you look at our cities, as mr. chairman, you noted, new york has dedicated itself over decades to highly effective, proactive, community-based policing. they saw 344 homicides last year. chicago, on the other hand, while only a third of the size of new york, logged more than twice as many murders. so our professionals in the department have been intensely studying how research-based, proven crime reduction techniques can re...

Years. the homicide rate increased 20% in two years. that's the -- and in 2015, the increase was the greatest in 49 years. i believe it's a trend we must confront. the president understands this in one of his first executive orders, he directed us in simple terms to reduce crime in amer a america. we have heard that challenge, we embrace it, and we are setting about to do something about it. at the department of justice, we understand a key fact. and we all need to understand this. 85% of law enforcement officers in america are state and local. they are better trained and more professional tha...

Crime increased across the united states. homicides, 8 .6% increase, cities like baltimore, chicago, missouri have seen massive increases in homicide. baltimore is on pace to top the number of homicides in new york city, even though the population is almost 8 million less. and this country continues to be mired in a national epidemic of overdose, death, and abuse of opioid drugs. over 47,000 people died in 2014. 50,000 died 2015. and last year, 64,000 people. now that we have a new administration, i want to know what the department of justice is doing to reduce violent crime, to help ensure th...

Ongoing. the department of justice is resolutely focused on dealing with the terrorism threats that we face. they are real, the military tells us we can expect not a reduction after isis is defeated, but maybe even an increase in attacks. the president's executive order is an important step to ensuring that we know who is coming into our country. it's a lawful, necessary, order that we are proud to defend. and indeed, most may not know, the supreme court has already vacated one court's injunction against that order, and we're confident we will prevail as time goes by in the supreme court. we k...

Constitutional rights of all americans and to prosecuting hate crime violence. every american, regardless of race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation must be safe from violence and criminality. we will not shy away from defending first amendment rights. we stand ready to enforce federal law, to protect the right to speak and to assemble peacefully and to defend the free exercise of religion. we're in the midst of the deadliest drug epidemic this country has ever seen. we've seen nothing like it. our availability of drugs, lower prices, increased purity, along with a deadly substance, fentany...