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privileges to national security and other information or to address in those recordings and the interviews, the transcripts themselves had to be cleared for the process. you know that because we said that in the letter to the committee. >> and mike -- you said following the court's rulings, it could be an undue burden. do you know often example, is there any case in which you would consider a photo id to not be an undue burden? if it is a free id? >> you have a good example. that was the supreme court case, free id is completely available
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to everyone without discrimination. those circumstances of how the law. >> you agree with that? >> whether i agree or not, it is the law. that's not what i'm talking about. >> i yield back. >> the committee will stand in recess.
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chair rogers: the chair recognizes the ranking member of the committee, miss delauro. ms. delauro: deligh delighted that you are herer this morning. what i wanted to look at, the issue of crime and trade. department of justice plays a critical role in deterring crime with robust investigations, prosecution,
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incarceration and the application of penalty. my concern about department of justice , there may be some serious lines and lack of resources in critical areas. the u.s. international trade. example, 2022, u.s. imports were $3.27 trillion. conservative estimates based on data 5 to 10% were fraudulent. this means that there is annually 163 -- illegal trade which impacts u.s. workers, manufacturers, consumers, free- trade parkers -- partners. 2022, custom and borders collected penalties and $3.27 billion in trade.
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that seems like a drop in the bucket. i understand that international trade prosecution is low and nonexistent. can you give a sense of resources that are being used to prosecute the bad actors associated with violating trade laws? how do you use with hsi to increase the number of prosecutions? would you say based on the enforcement data is a priority within the department of justice? why and why not? how familiar are you with the resources dedicated to prosecute international trade crime? what is your assessment, including the number of prosecutions and penalties? >> you put your finger on an important risk to our economy. trading goods. that is why we have a trade fraud task force. it enhances collaboration
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between the justice department and other agencies you were discussing to investigate trade fraud. it helped initiate more than 70 investigations involving hundreds of millions of dollars of fraudulently imported goods. one good example is last month, ford motor company agreed to pay $365 million to settle customs civil penalty claims related to miss qualified and undervalued in purse. i recognize this and i believe the task force is working well with other departments on this. including the department of homeland security. >> do you have enough personnel to take on this issue and resources in a more robust way? i said $3.27 trillion, we collected 19 million. that seems like a great despair that he.
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what you need from us to be able to deal with this area on international trade? we are getting killed. >> the justice department would always like more money. >> i understand that. we need an assessment. >> the money we were requesting for the consumer protection branch, it deals with this kind of fraud and the criminal division front section which deals with us on the criminal side, and the u.s. attorney's offices that deal with this in each 94 districts, and the fbi for corporate crime and fraud sections, given the budget priorities, we are asking for the appropriate amount. there is always trade-offs but we are able to fund a robust program. the most difficult aspect of this is identifying the fraudulent goods as they come in. that really is the customs and homeland security issue.
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i am sure they would say the same to you that they need more money for this purpose. >> i had to say something quickly. antitrust received roughly 4% increase in 2024. over the prior year. i want to ensure that we can continue to justify a critical investment protecting consumers from unfair and anti-competitive business practices. do i have your commitment that we can work together? i would like to work with you, with my staff on answering questions that we have on what resources the antitrust division -- this could apply to department of justice, that you will need for 2025? >> of course. we are very eager to speak with you about that. the request is $288 million. that's an increase of $55
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million over fy 24. have always been concerned about this. i entered the justice department in 1979. we barely have more attorneys in the antitrust division now than we had in 1979. this is the first year we have been able to bring the number up to the number of attorneys we had when i first entered the department. >> we would like to work with you on how well we can give the resources necessary to be able to do your job. the final,, i'm very interested to listen to the ftc commissioner about the working together with the department of justice. we have a serious issue, which needs consolidation. to fight competitiveness. it's a reality how the department of justice and the ftc, we can address these
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issues in a very robust way. to get these monopolies that have only increased prices. thank you. i yield back. >> thank you. general garland, it is good to have you here. thanks for your time. i want to focus on something that have not been questions about so far. the prisons. i understand according to the bureau of prison website, there are less than 35,000 employees to ensure the security of all the federal prisons and services that include 156,000 federal inmates. what is the euro prison taking for the gaps for leader training
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for the officers? is there a reason that the bureau prisons correction leaders have not participated in the prison fellowship warden exchange? it is offered without cost to the federal government. >> i do not know about the letter question. the rest i will be happy to have the staff look at. i will have the warning get in touch with you. we have the pandemic that delayed bureau prisons ability to provide in-person training. the bop has since resumed many in-person trainings and is trying to clear the backlog in that respect. you are right with respect to the number of employees we have in the bureau prisons. it is not sufficient. not either for necessary protection. or for the educational programs that we have. as i discussed earlier was a
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number of the panel, the problem here is improvement retention and promotion. the best most important thing the committee can do, to give us the money we are asking for to hire and retention incentives for is correct you know of a law or regulation that limits the bop to accept services or programs from a nonprofit? >> i do not know about that but i will be happy to look the staff look into that. schema fee -- if you could look into that and find the examples where community or faith-based programs, as long as they do not receive federal funds, there are programs out there to be of assistance. i would appreciate you looking into that to let me know if it is something that might be possible? it could be real helpful.
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on october 7th of last year, we know what happened. along with the attack on israel there were 30 americans killed by hamas terrorists in israel as a larger coordinated attack that left 1200 israelis dead and over 200 abducted. it is my understanding that it americans remain hostage in gaza. i understand three are no longer alive. you announced the justice department was investigating the dead and kidnappings during the attack. can you give us on the subcommittee and update on the investigation into the death and kidnapping of those americans? is the department of justice looking to pursue criminal charges for those responsible? >> the kidnapping or killing of americans abroad is a federal crime.
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of course we are investigating that for potential prosecution. we have been involved in discussions with israeli law enforcement and intelligence services, getting evidence and information in this regard. we cannot say anything more about the progress of the investigation. this is a matter of extreme concern for us. in addition to the killing of americans, the largest mass killing of . since the holocaust. >> can you say that this department is pursuing criminal charges against the investigators -- individuals? >> we are investigating a criminal investigation with the kidnapping and death of americans >> can you speak more broadly
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to the departments investigation to the u.s., including efforts by hamas to raise money in the u.s.? >> yes. at a high level of generality, that's all i can talk about in an open session. we have investigations, financial investigations in respect to hamas, which we have had for a number of years. october 7th, as the fbi director noted in his testimony, has raised the threat level considerably with respect to concerns of foreign terrorist organizations like hamas. that might foment problems in the u.s. and includes not only hamas, hezbollah, the iranian force -- isis, various sects of branches of al qaeda. we are concerned and we are making sure that all of our
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joint terrorism task forces are on the lookout for these matters since october 7. there was a heightened concern before october 7th, but that has doubled our concern. >> thank you. i yield back. >> mr. brothers worker. >> thank you. the first thing i want to say, you are doing a good job but i would not say it's always a capitol a, but you are close. i would like to experience justice, you have excelled to run the fbi. i feel like you are the best person for the job. with that i will get into china and cybersecurity. the chinese communist party has an army of hackers that persistently attack the u.s. they stay dormant and keep access to our networks and
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critical infrastructure. chinese companies use the hackers to steal economic information, intellectual property. we noted the chinese party has been working to steal and smuggle u.s. tech from the shores and to mainland china. they are the biggest threat and adversary. this past march, the unsettled indictment of the abt 31 group, which you are familiar with, revealed a 14 year cyber campaign for dissenters to steal u.s. trade and intellectual property to damage critical networks and spy on u.s. politicians. 14 years. the recent advisor state that the hackers are known as -- have been dormant for five years. they were waiting just in case we are in a larger conflict
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with china. china is a real threat. can you enlighten us as to the best tools we have to fight chinese hackers? what other resources do you need? did the fy 24 budget put the department in two deep of a security hold? ! first of all i agree with your characterization of the chinese start. the people's republic of china, the communist party, the government of china, represents a long-term persistent across- the-board threat to america. in particular, the area of cybersecurity. two major actions you are talking about, the disruption was and planting malware into the infrastructure. in very significant parts of
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delivery of public services, which if activated could have been very dangerous for us. the march abt indictments involve the hacking of computers and emails. those are two examples of considerable amount of cyber hacking. we have asked for more than $1.3 billion to combat cybercrime. for cybersecurity. the fbi and the national security division has asked for $894.6 million which is an increase of 11.9% over fy 24. as you know, fy 24 budget as required us to reduce the position substantially. where in a position to try to
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get us back to where we were before that. this is an area where we are by doubling down. we are very much concerned. >> thank you. want to get to the key bridge. a quick question -- the fbi has been on site at the bridge and there are a lot of questions that need to be answered about what happened? did the captain and crew know that there were power issues before the ship ever left? a criminal investigation is usually open when authorities have reason to believe that the may have caused an accident for criminality. we need to make sure to hold people accountable. is there anything you can share about the investigation? >> i will let you know, this department does not normally comment on whether it's investigation exist or not. plenty of people saw fbi agents
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on board the ship. the fbi has confirmed agents were on the ship. i cannot really say anything more. >> i yield back. >> thank you. welcome back. i appreciate the work the department of justice does going after legitimate criminals and protecting american citizens from foreign adversaries, especially the cops program which is very important in my district. today i would like to talk about the foreign agents is -- i bring that in context of shenanigans. that's a clinical term going on in texas. proposed high-speed rail project connecting dallas to houston. a decade ago private company called texas central pushed a proposed high-speed rail project between houston and dallas and they have been engaged to lobby in that effort. i am opposed to this project it would read people of their well
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earned land and private property. there is a long list of controversy surrounding texas central from funding and financing, animate demand -- animate domain. they have zero experience operating or building transportation. few entities connected to under texas central. they are pushing the project. since the beginning of the project, a sovereign wealth funds of the japanese government are financially backing that high-speed rail proposal. it's a concerning action that amtrak partnered with texas central to apply for fy 22 corridor grant in $500,000 was approved. april 9th a news article was published address to use signed by steve roberts from --'s law
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firm. it states that mr. roberts was hired by texas against high- speed rail. i have that letter and i ask that it be introduced into record? i will re-part of you that captures the concerns i have. they appear to have acted in may still act as an agent of the japanese government with regard to numerous political act buddies intended to influence lawmakers and the public within the united states. reference to formulating, adopting, or changing domestic policies of the u.s. neither of the entities or representatives have ever registered with the department of justice. with that laid out, i have two questions -- do you agree it would be concerning if a private company or principles of a private company over the course of the decade failed to
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register as foreign agents if the facts are clear they were legally required to? >> put me in that exact box, the answer is, yes. i obviously do not know anything about this matter at all. obviously if somebody is required to -- we would be concerned if they don't. >> i'm not surprised you have not heard of this. is important in our district so i will be the be the man on campus to ask. if a private company whose principles failed to register as a foreign agent when the facts are clear they were required to do so, enters into a partnership with the federal government, would that concern you as the chief law enforcement officer of the united states? would that cause you to question whether the federal government is properly using taxpayer dollars? >> this is less of a clean hypothetical than the previous one. i know more about the facts, i need to know more before making a determination. >> if those were the facts
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hypothetically? >> even with those facts, it is more vague than being clear. that is a complicated statue. we will always be concerned by an effort by a foreign government to try to influence the government of the united states. put her at that level of generality, that is clearly true. >> i understand. you obviously have to be somewhat obtuse about that. >> is to constructive. >> in texas there is a company that has no board of directors that has animate domain to take private citizens land and got a grant from amtrak to take people's land to build a project that currently does not exist. on behalf of a foreign government and did not register as foreign agents. thank you for your time. i yield back.
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>> thank you. i wanted to ask about a bill of mine signed into law in 2021. the cobra 19 hate crimes act. i was glad to see the presidents budget reese crest $10 million for community-based approaches to prevent and address hate crimes. authored in fiscal year 22. i want to take this opportunity to thank you for your leadership to respond to violent crime, specifically hate crimes in the u.s., the last several years. it means a great deal to asian americans and so many historically underserved communities. you have a president and attorney general who care deeply about these issues.
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i want to ask a question that i asked christopher wray last week . i'm concerned by the trend of a decrease in the number of law enforcement agencies provided with data. this is the fifth year in a row providing data to the fbi has declined. it may be due to the transition that agencies are making to the system. what additional resources does the dlg -- department of justice need from local law enforcement agencies? i would like to hear other ways that the department of justice is actively working to support agencies on reporting hate crime? >> thank you for that question. this is a high priority for us. i think as the fbi director suggested, much of the problem is the transition problem from one statistical compilation to
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another. all of our information has to come from state and local communities. while we have to do is reach out to them constantly to ensure that they are providing the numbers. the fbi and the bureau of justice assistance identified the places i have been less compliant than they should be. i'm trying to reach out to encourage that level of compliance and i think the money we have in budget is sufficient for those kind of retail programs. we will not be satisfied until all of the crimes are reported. >> thank you. a follow-up, state and local law enforcement agencies play a crucial role in the nationwide response to hate crimes. i want to make sure to ask about how the department of justice works with community- based organizations which also
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have a crucial part in building up community resilience and preventing future hate crimes? can you talk about how the department of justice is coordinating with law enforcement and local organizations to respond to hate crimes? >> each of the u.s. attorneys offices have a civil rights hate crime coordinator. each of the u.s. attorneys has instructed to reach out to communities to have a discussion well in advance of a crisis occurring. our strategy here is the build trust within communities before something bad happens, so if something bad happens, the community trust law enforcement is at joint meetings of u.s. attorneys offices with various law enforcement components. you know well that we have a united against hate campaign that the u.s. attorneys offices are implementing and have been
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for the past couple of years to reach out to communities in the way you said. so federal law enforcement, state and local law enforcement, and communities, can cooperate and work together. i have intended -- attended a meeting in denver. and a couple other meetings of community outreach in other places including st. louis. >> thank you. i will quickly ask about the aftermath of the china initiative. we all know in 2022, the end of the china initiative was unannounced. previously, unacceptably high number of these cases ended in dropped charges, dismissals, and acquittals, prosecutors could not prove allegations. chinese americans, researchers, scholars, made contributions in so many fields in this country
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for decades, reported feeling targeted by racial profile campaign. i wanted to be clear as a member of the subcommittee, i am fully supportive of the department of justice necessary work to combat espionage by adversarial governments. i want to make sure, how does the department of justice make sure agents working on the investigations avoid wasteful investigations into legitimate academic research? second, how is the department of justice educating the institutions themselves and the public about the real national security threats and how they can defend themselves and our country from the stress? >> as you pointed out, we have a consolidated section in the national security division to address the threats posed by the people's republic of china.
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russia, north korea, iran, focusing on our intention on the myriad ways in which these adversaries attempt to either attack us from a cyber point of view -- efforts to harass dissidents in the united states, steal our personal identifying information and our technology. the letter part of your question will be first, that is the way we are doing that. each u.s. attorney's office has a coordinator and the fbi has a joint terrorism task force for the districts. the more general question, we have a robust review process.
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all national security cases have to touch base with the national security division which can review to ensure that the principles of federal prosecution determine which prosecution should be brought and which shouldn't are done. i want to emphasize that we do not prosecute based on the ethnicity of any person. we are only looking at prosecuting people who are working for our adversaries in an effort to injure the united states. that is not in any way a part of ethnicity of people in the u.s. >> thank you. i yield back. >> that concludes the first round of questions. we have a few minutes to go. is there a desire of members
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for a second round? >> if that is agreeable with you? >> excellent. thank you. >> mr. garcia? >> yes. i want to follow up on the assertion that was made for my colleagues from pennsylvania and new york that i was engaging in a personal attack. i take great caution to make sure i do not do that in these hearings. my assessment of you as shocked as i was of you give yourself a a, was not meant to be a personal attack. my chemistry teacher gave me enough in my midterm. i was told it was to help me get better. i do that in the interest of accountability and an objective assessment. not personal attacks. i know someone of your caliber
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was not personally offended by that. want to follow up on mr. clients conversation around the mr. hur report. in your written testimony on page 3, you said there is not one set of laws for powerful and one for power less, one for poor, one for rich, one for republican, one for democrat -- you would say that is probably true for age? anyone over the age of 18 regardless -- unless there is a cognitive impairment, they should be treated the same and one set of laws regardless of age? >> not without addressing the hidden premise behind your question, i will say there is one tier standard of justice. we prosecute on the federal principles of prosecution. we do not distinguish based on politics.
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based on ethnicity. based on ideology. based on race or any non--- factor. >> or a protected class in a work place, as well. in your verbal testimony you say you have no doubt that there is no cognitive impairment of the president. you say that the report speaks for itself and i have complete confidence in the president of the united states. my question, i am on the intel committee, i have seen the documents. i am aware of the nature of at least some of these documents. they are of the highest level of national security intelligence and extremely relevant, even today. the documents that were found in the garage of president biden. if it's not a cognitive problem, if he is competent and you are
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confident in that, why is he not being charged? in his special counsel report, mr. hur said he willfully disclose sensitive information. what is the acclamation for not charging president biden for mishandling of classified documents? >> i will answer both questions again. i have complete confidence in the president. in every possible respect. the question of why there were no charges? mr. hur described in detail in his report, his explanation for why he decided not to bring them. he was subject to some five hours of testimony. >> do disagree with the find additional permits, the russian of the he was cognitively incapable of understanding what he was doing, too old to face charges? you disagree with that premise, right?
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>> you are saying two things. that is not at all what mr. hur said. i want everyone to read again. what he said and he did not say anything like that. second, mr. hur described not to bring the case and why? he distinguished other cases involving classified documents were charges were brought. >> i will reread it and submit questions for the record. i believe my time is up. thank you. >> mr. chairman, in 2023, the cdc reported that over recent 12 month period, more than 112 million americans died as a result of drug overdoses or poisoning. we touched on that earlier. dea was one of the few agencies that solve funding increase in fiscal year 2024. the work the administrator is doing especially with the u.s. attorney cycle after the cartels, the entire network is incredibly important system in the flow to bring fentanyl into
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the communities. enforcement is only part of the solution. we also have to have recovery and rehabilitation tools for those with the substance abuse disorder, as well. you talk a little bit about the comprehensive addiction and recovery act grants, especially the drug courts and the veterans treatment centers. >> yes. you are quite right. our ability to eliminate drug trafficking and to protect the country, includes our concerns about the people who are the victims. we need to reduce the demand for these poisons in our country. we have asked for more than $490 million in counter drug related justice program grants. these include the comprehensive addiction recovery act grants. for which we are requesting $443 million. that's a $20 million addition.
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those include the comprehensive opiate stimulant and substance abuse program. mental health and residential substance abuse treatment, with the drug courts, we are asking for $94 million. veterans treatments courts, we are asking for $33 million. as well as for prescription drug monitoring to ensure this does not get out of hand again. >> drink if it can give me a sense whether you are seeing increases in applications for these important programs you touched on? >> i would say there are always more applications than we have to give out. that is the case for >> what other ways does your department fiscal year 2025 budget request seek to address this terrible problem? >> on the overdose addiction site, those are the principal issues. on the trafficking side,
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unfortunately that's what causes these problems, we are asking for $10.7 billion for the law enforcement agents and attorneys to respond to this problem. a 5.1% increase over fy 24. >> thank you, attorney general garland. thank you for being here today. i yield back . >> thank you. attorney general garland, my colleague congressman requested -- he asked for in october of 2022 and two months ago in february 16. he has yet to receive this data. my question to you, when will the data be provided by the department of justice? >> i don't know specifically about the request. but the others you asked about, i am happy to look into this.
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>> and provide the database? of course >> i appreciate that. the fbi's request, fy 25 request, in the department of justice budget, you are requesting $437.6 million to protect civil rights. that's an increase from what i see here. under the civil rights heading in the fbi's request, is says law violations are actions taken by any person using the authority given to them by a government agency to willfully deprive someone of a right. since you have been a terry -- attorney general, has anyone been prosecuted for a color of law violation to deny people their second amendment rights? that is a civil right. >> i understand. i do not know the answer? i have not heard that there has been. >> since the scotus decision overturning the new york law, which was the -- versus bruin,
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which denied new yorkers their constitutional rights, i would think there would be a case. i would ask the department to look into that because the second amendment is a civil right. when people are denied that, under the civil rights division, the department of justice should engage . also, in last year's congressional hearing, i asked about your department's most recent congressional authorization. had your department been reauthorized for the most recent authorization the one that expired in 2009? >> you're talking about authorizations and appropriations in the last hearing that i did not know. my understanding is that it was the last authorization, the one you are talking about. the justice department would always like to have it authorization. my understanding is that the yearly appropriations account as
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authorizations. of course we would always have it better for any entity to have a formal authorization for >> we are not an authorization committee. we are an appropriating committee. the judiciary committee that did the authorization. department of justice remains unauthorized and you are running an authorized agency by the judiciary committee. are you going to seek a new congressional authorization from the judiciary committee? >> i would be happy to think about that. given the appropriations, i have been advised that is not required. i will be happy to think about it some more. >> thank you. i yield back. >> thank you. i've been to your office in the past -- firearms cases.
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the violence elimination initiative in the western district office of new york, i would like to ask a follow-up with staff after the meeting to ensure we have sufficient resources to continue the western new york initiative? >> yes. i can talk about a few things in that regard. i think that you are correct. it is ongoing and has been successful. we have the money that we need for that purpose. >> thank you. i will ask one of the question. last week i was pleased to see the department finalize new rows to update the engaged in business i asked a firearm dealer. you know any that do not conduct background checks? if you could talk about the budgetary impact on that requirement by firearms dealers
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and the ability from the department to make sure that the new rule is carried out? >> this is the implementation of the bipartisan communities act. we asked for money and the atf budget for that purpose, the money we asked for should be sufficient. for that and the other work that atf does. >> thank you. i will yield back. >> the gentleman and i have similar questions today. let's work on the reauthorization. i will send a proposal and i may have a few changes to propose. >> it's a good idea not to be thinking about -- >> given atf claims it can barely keep up with the workload with the current number of license dealers, what is the point of the new rule? to encourage firearm sellers to become licensed? or to discourage selling
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firearms at all? >> the role is a supplement the change brought by the bipartisan communities act. the change the definition being engaged in the business from engaged in the business for the purpose of maintaining a livelihood. to being engaged in the business for the predominant purpose of earning a profit. with that change, required regulations explaining what that means. the purpose is to prevent guns from being sold to private persons without a background check, to be sure the private -- the person does not get a gun. that includes someone who served time as a violent felon. a sers of rebuttable presumptions toers clarify when the licensing attaches to gun sales, but these presumptions appear nowhere in the statute. to the degree they have any legal foundation, they are said
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to interpret the old, not the current language on who is a dealer. the rule itself estimates tens of thousands of firearms sellers will be required to become licensed under its terms, which would the rule itself says tens of thousands of firearm sellers will be required to become licensed dealers. it will obviously necessitate apus -- an increase in atf as well. did atf coordinate with the fbi? did they absorb the additional workload this rule would create? it seems it would have a cascading effect on a variety of departments. >> i believe that the department's regulation discovers a workload impact. i don't know that answers a specific question you are asking. >> i would just express concern that this seems to be an end runaround the authority of congress to set the laws rather than the department, especially
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when it comes to the protected rights of american citizens to keep and bear arms. i think your actions are hesitant. to be clear, this is not about through the second amendment. the prohibitions on selling guns to people who congress has said would not -- said would not -- you purchase and sell. that part of bearing arms, i urge you to keep in mind. i yield back. >> i think you, mr. chairman. last year, we helped pass the bipartisan law enforcement d application training act which provides $124 million in grant funding over four years on de- escalation training for police officers. this is going to save lives, improve police community
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relation could you talk briefly about its implementation and more broadly, how the doj budget prioritizes mental health in crisis stabilization? >> i don't have the specifics with respect to that program but as a general matter, our office of justice program provides money for de- escalation training. it is an important way to protect the lives of officers and first responders as well as the people who are calling for help. many of these calls involve people who are mentally ill or who have mental impairment and the sensitivity of response to that possibility is an important element of the need for de-escalation.
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>> 100 million americans have criminal records and appear on routine background checks, also preventing them from getting jobs. there are returning citizens that comes for business. the state passed clean slate automatic clearing records. oe these types of records are costly and have been a barrier to widespread adoption. what resources does doj need to help support these clean slate laws? >> i don't think i am going to be able to talk to you specifically about a clean slate laws. in the area of criminal justice reform and the implementation of the second chance act which involves reentry programs, we are asking for $125 million for those reentry programs. in
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addition, there is a new program called the accelerating justice system reform grant. this is a $300 million request for fy25 and $15 billion over 10 years. i am not t sure exactly whether clean slate would fall within those but i will ask my staff to get back to you on which of the grant programs -- >> let me keep working with you. the last quick question. on the antitrust division, should this committee take another look at the language that stops you from having full access to merger filing fees and locks you into that 233 million? >> i am going to leave it to th the members of congress to resolve this question. the justice department is fein favor of getting full access to
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the seed. in the end, congress makes those determinations. >> that is a good idea. thank you. >> it does seem like a good idea. >> i yield back. >> that concludes today's hearing. >> i have one quick -- >> the chairman is recognized. i know we are seven years in and we have breached the lines. you don't have to give that unless you have it here right away but give me an update on how we are doing. have somebody from your staff get back to my office. >> i can give you a little idea now and i would be happy to get more detail back to you. the baltimore police department has made substantial progress t toward satisfying the key divisions toward some degree it and then january of this year, f we filed a joint motion to declare the city and the
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baltimore police department a full and effective compliance on three points, safe transportation of people in custody, officer assistance and support, ensuring the health and well-being of employees. the court grants that motion. you have to sustain a record of success for one year and then those divisions will be terminated. the department continues to work with the police department and clients with the other parts of the dissent cree with the use of force, use of lethal force to stop seizures and arrests. it is just progress. >> you don't have to get back to me. >> that concludes the hearing. >> thank you. >> i want to thank our witness, merrick garland, for being generous with his time and for being open. >> without objection, members may have seven days to submit
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additional questions for the record. the committee stands adjourned. e national captioning institute, e which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]
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investigative journalist sharyl attkisson and former cbs news correspondent catherine herridge are among the witnesses testifying before lawmakers regarding the importance of a free press and what congress can do to protect the identity of confidential sources. in february, a federal judge held ms. herridge and civil contempt for refusing to divulge resources in relation to 2017 investigation she was working on. the house judiciary subcommittee mirroring is just over
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