georgia, in january of 2021, there would be no justice ketanji brown jackson, there would be no bipartisan infrastructure law. we would not have done more to strengthen veterans health care than any congress in decades. nor would we have been able to engage in the kind of vigorous oversight and investigation of human rights abuses, of corruption, and misconduct in the federal government, for example that i have led as chair of the permanent subcommittee on investigations. today we held the hearing the result of an 18-month bipartisan investigation that exposed the truth about what s been happening to detainees held by the department of homeland security who were subjected to unnecessary, invasive, and often nonconsensual gynecological surgical procedures. serious abuses of constitutional and human rights. it s not just the legislative capacity. it s also our ability to investigate abuse, corruption, and misconduct. and by the way, we have a sound bite on that.
two predecessors, yours and raphael warnock s predecessors been in the united states senate, because republicans would have controlled the committees, no? oversight really matters, joy. and as you know, i ran for the senate on a pledge to investigate abuse, corruption, misconduct, and violations of human right. and that is what i have done as the chair of the permanent subcommittee on investigations. i have to say, and folks who just saw that testimony from karina today, and there are dozens of women who went through what she went through, dozens of women who were subjected to unnecessary, invasive, dangerous surgical procedures while in the custody of the u.s. government. that s exactly the kind of oversight that the u.s. congress should be undertaking. it took 18 months of bipartisan work to get there. and yes, without those victories in georgia, we would not be in a
decisions on behalf of america. how is joe biden going to protect america, meeting xi jinping tomorrow, when we know he s taken in all that money from chinese officials tied to the ccp? it s obvious that president biden is highly compromised because of hunter biden s money influence peddling. that s what it was. and, of course, the fbi s known about this probably going back to 2014, 2015 when, you know, you had prosecutions or invests of devon around archer, hunter biden s business partner. it needs to be fully exposed. hopefully, i ll have my budget restored. in the last congress, you know, i should be i will be ranking member of the permanent subcommittee on investigations. our budget was cut back 60-70% of what it was from my committee chairman and the ranking member. that funding needs to be restored so i have enough staff to do to do the proper investigations. maria: are you going to get your budget restored? who cut your budget?
decisions on behalf of america. how is joe biden going to protect america, meeting xi jinping tomorrow, when we know he s taken in all that money from chinese officials tied to the ccp? it s obvious that president biden is highly compromised because of hunter biden s money influence peddling. that s what it was. and, of course, the fbi s known about this probably going back to 2014, 2015 when, you know, you had prosecutions or invests of devon around archer, hunter biden s business partner. it needs to be fully exposed. hopefully, i ll have my budget restored. in the last congress, you know, i should be i will be ranking member of the permanent subcommittee on investigations. our budget was cut back 60-70% of what it was from my committee chairman and the ranking member. that funding needs to be restored so i have enough staff to do to do the proper investigations. maria: are you going to get your budget restored? who cut your budge
BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana took center stage at a Congressional hearing in Washington this week as senators grilled Department of Justice officials over the feds’ failure to track fatalities