Well, if i might to make sure we are not making a mistake senator coops. It is my hope that if you are confirmed and we do make progress on bipartisan criminal Justice Reform that as Attorney General you will carry out whatever legislative decisions might be made by this body. Last let me say in my six years here in addition to not working on a number of bipartisan proposals on criminal Justice Reform you have repeatedly voted against congressional attempts to prohibit torture in the military on text or the interrogation context and to defend enhanced interrogation practices. Are you clear now that our statutes prohibit torture and if the president were to rover yid that clear Legal Authority what actions would you take . On your previous question i would note the federal prison population has already dropped 10 or more percent and will drop
another 10,000 this year. What is happening now is reducing the federal population. This law only dealt with the federal prison population. And th
that senator manchin has asserted over and over. and i do think that senator sinema s had constructive conversations with chairman neil in the house and chairman wyden here in the senate. there are things we can do to close the tax gap. there are hundreds of billions of dollars in unpaid taxes that the irs, with some additional tools, could help collect on behalf of the american people. um, i hope that she will come around on raising the corporate rate back to 25 because i think that s got broad support not just in our caucus but among average americans. um, it is less untested and less unpredictable than doing a new wealth tax. but both, senator manchin and senator sinema have said, publicly and privately, they want to find a way to raise the revenue to pay for this important package that will move us forward in terms of america s working families. we will see what happens with senator manchin, thank you so much senator coops, appreciate your time. senator coons adamant that senator
well, if i might to make sure we are not making a mistake senator coops. it is my hope that if you are confirmed and we do make progress on bipartisan criminal justice reform that as attorney general you will carry out whatever legislative decisions might be made by this body. last let me say in my six years here in addition to not working on a number of bipartisan proposals on criminal justice reform you have repeatedly voted against congressional attempts to prohibit torture in the military on text or the interrogation context and to defend enhanced interrogation practices. are you clear now that our statutes prohibit torture and if the president were to rover yid that clear legal authority what actions would you take? on your previous question i would note the federal prison population has already dropped 10 or more percent and will drop