Krao eut krao eut one of the mr. Cartwright one of the most important things i look into is the justice assistance grants. Ive been very proud to bring grants home in both of those areas to fund local police and also to fund efforts by our local district attorneys. These are the ones that deserve the credit for that huge drop in crime over the last year, arent they . Mr. Garland i quite agree with that, yes. Mr. Cartwright dont let me put words in your mouth, but who else deserves the credit for this big drop in crime that america has experienced . Mr. Garland look, im we know and weve had experience over decades now with the right kind of strategies for reducing Violent Crime. These involve strategies from the Federal Point of view, require the cooperation that the chairman was speaking of all of our agencies. Then creating joint task forces with state and local Law Enforcement who are enormous force multipliers for the department. Our u. S. Attorneys offices who reach out to communit
The law. And you follow the law. Agree with that decision. Whether i agree or not its the law and rule of law requires us to follow and thats not what im talking about here. Thank you, i yield back. The subcommittee will stand in recess subject to the call of the chair. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] as the chair recognizes the Ranking Member of the Committee Live hearing happening at the same time, but delighted that youre here this morning and what i wanted to look at is the issue of crime, if you will, and trade. Doj plays a Critical Role in deterring crime through robust investigations, prosecutions, incarcerations and application of penalties. My concern about doj, that there may be some serious blind spots and lack of resources in critical areas, particular the u. S. International trade enforcement. Example, 2022, u. S. Imports were 3. 27 trillion dollars. Conservative estimates based on available data from Economic Policy institute
And thats still happening. The santa cruz coast, its winding down. Winding down. Looks like were about that and we could see that cold air filtering in as that system is lowering the system levels to the sierra. The sierra, they have a winterweather advisory until about 10 00 a. M. 60s for temperatures here and 50s to the higher elevations. Eastbound 92 at the exit, there was a fuel spill. The truck that was responsible was towed away and you can see the caltrans worker here anspreading that absorbent on the lanes. So you can take that experrian exit and youll be able to do that. This is not affected the westbound commute. Its really, due to the scene its not causing a big jam. The east shore freeway, 27 minutes from the bridge to the mcarthur maze. Its crowded on interstate 80, the traffic is okay, but a lot of fender benders because of the weather. Its cyber monday, one of the biggest days of the season for shopping. 78 million plan to shop today. I dont know, im kind of shopped out,