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Welcome to a very important here ainley have berthing support the patient to have been Opening Statement and then to introduce the first panel with vr done the Senate Judiciary committee is holding a hearing will entitle their responses to the increase of religious chairman grassley welcome, everybody, to a very important hearing that we have. Thank you for being patient while we get started here. Ill have an Opening Statement. Senator feinstein will go, and then well go, ill introduce our first panel. Then when were done there go to the second panel and introduce that at that time. The Senate Judiciary committee today is holding a hearing that we entitled responses to the increase in religious hate crimes. This is a subject of great bipartisan interest in the committee. Religious hate crimes harm victims. And also have a great impact on communities. Many of these crimes would never have been committed but for hatred. They run counter to americas values such as religious freedom and to
Welcome, everybody, to a very important hearing that we have. Thank you for being patient while we get started here. Ill have an opening statement, senator feinstein will, and then well go ill introduce our first panel and then when were done there go to the second panel and introduce that at that time. The Senate Judiciary committee today is holding a hearing that we entitle responses to the i crease in religious hate crimes. This is the subject of great bipartisan interest in the committee. Religious hate crimes harm victims and also have a great impact on communities. Many of these crimes would never have been committed but for hatred. They run counter to americas values such as religious freedom and tolerance. Americans have the right to be safe against those who would treat them as members of religious groups rather than as individuals. Religious hate drooimz crimcrime rise. Crimes against jewish people are the most common religious hate crimes and they have i creased. Relimbous h
Welcome, everybody, to a very important hearing that we have. Thank you for being patient while we get started here. Ill have an opening statement, senator feinstein will, and then well go ill introduce our first panel and then when were done there go to the second panel and introduce that at that time. The Senate Judiciary committee today is holding a hearing that we entitle responses to the i crease in religious hate crimes. This is the subject of great bipartisan interest in the committee. Religious hate crimes harm victims and also have a great impact on communities. Many of these crimes would never have been committed but for hatred. They run counter to americas values such as religious freedom and tolerance. Americans have the right to be safe against those who would treat them as members of religious groups rather than as individuals. Religious hate drooimz crimcrime rise. Crimes against jewish people are the most common religious hate crimes and they have i creased. Relimbous h
Committee will come to order. Mr. Debty attorney general, welcome to the commerce justice and science appropriations subcommittee which we will be hearing in department of justice fiscal year 2018 budget request. Im pleased to welcome you here to your first hearing before this subcommittee and im grateful that you and attorney general sessions have brought new desperately needed leadership to the doj. Youre input is helpful and necessary as we review the present Spending Priorities in order to ensure the countrys National Security and Law Enforcement needs are funded appropriately and sufficiently. This is a challenge in budget climates as you know. As Violent Crime has risen, the president proposes to decrease funding to the department of justice by 637 million in 18 for a new total of 28. 3 billion. Since the start of the new administration and during the early days of your tenure as the Deputy Attorney general im pleased that the department is refocusing on these core mission of enf