Stretch the department spending. When it comes to Law Enforcement, your arrival at the department at a critical time of needed leadership is welcome. Since our hearing early this spring, with the departments lawenforcement chiefs, we have seen the departures of the atf director and the dea administrator. I hope you will Pay Attention to these Law Enforcement agencies. To ensure that they faithfully execute their duties during this time of change. As an example, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms and explosives has a rule pending that would impose burdens burdensome and unnecessary regulations regarding firearms lost or stolen in transit. However, the atfs own statistics indicate this number is insignificant and should not be a cause for concern. It certainly does not warrant such encumbering regulations. Oversight and accountability should remain a top priority for this committee. I have consistently expressed my displeasure to your predecessor regarding the departments resis
Committee will come to order. Welcome to todays commerce, justice, and science subcommittee hearing examining the department of justices disco year 2016 budget request fiscal year. Let me welcome Loretta Lynch to her first hearing before this subcommittee as she assumes the important spots ability of serving as our nations chief Law Enforcement officer. Welcome. As you begin your twoyear term as attorney general, i believe it is critical for you to return the office of attorney general to its constitutional purpose which is to enforce the laws of the land, not the degrees and winds of the president. The president has a white House Counsel and pretty plenty of attorneys arguing for his point of view on immigration environmental regulations and more. The attorney general, i believe, is the servant of the loss and citizens of the United States, not the president. I want to encourage you, madam attorney general, to consider this perspective carefully as you begin your service in a job that
Through the process but can you explain to the if i a member of congress in ordinary member but not a committee what was i told . Not in the classified briefing about what was i told cove read this what memo did i get . I think there were some from the chairs to the intelligence committees. But they identified information was provided by the executive branch and it was important for evaluation of reauthorization of this authority. Than i had to figure out if it was worth it to me to do with or not . Looking at those other issues with that legislation where the president signs it that has been accomplished to say you should go read something before you vote that they approved what never was in there. But we have members who pointed to this very debate. They say listen in you bozos. But you better read it. But this goes beyond from the ordinary ratification. Justice scalia does not seem to. You can take it up with him one day. [laughter] but with your position in light of the nature with
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AUSTINTOWN The township has implemented a hiring freeze for the police department, and the general fund will be used to cover some of the department’s