Resources that would go to prosecutors, and federal agents to be able to investigate and prosecute crimes, are being diverted to the bureau of prisons. The bureau of prisons now takes up almost twothirds of the departments budget. Thats really untenable and unsustainable. So i believe that mandatory minimum sentences are an important tool. But we but that we need to use that tool effectively. Senator blumenthal . Thanks, mr. Chairman. At the outset id like to ask permission to include in the record a statement from senator patrick leahy, our colleague from vermont, in support of ms. Yates nomination. Without objection. And id also like to include a number of letters, i referred to them earlier, from colleagues, Law Enforcement officials, officials in georgia, in support of that nomination. Without objection those are included. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Let me just ask you about olc opinions, ms. Yates. Its been a tradition common to, i think, most recent administrations that olc opinion
Next, the Senate Judiciary Committee Hears testimony from sally yates on her nomination to be the next Deputy Attorney general. She currently serves as the acting Deputy Attorney general and was nominated by president obama last january. Topics addressed included mandatory minimum sentencing, the president S Immigration executive order human sex trafficking, and countering violent extremism. This runs an hour and 50 minutes. Out of respect for congressman lewis and senator isaacson and i think were going to let start with congressman lewis. Normally we would make Opening Statements, but because of your time schedule, i think well start with you to introduce congressman lewis, and then well go to senator isaacson and then well go to senator perdue, and then well have our Opening Statements. Were honored youre here congressman. Thank you for joining us. [ inaudible ]. Well, thank you for your statement on how important the senate is but the constitution the were upper only in our own min
Me, but its going to have to be changed. All the entitlements are going to have to be changed. But we should not look at this as a meat cleaver. We should think about in the 21st century a better way to modify all these systems. Medicare, let me tell you what were doing in ohio in medicare its run on the basis of quantity not quality. We had money to deal with asthma. Keep kids out of the hospital for asthma. What we found out is we were successful. Hospitals had few servicities. Okay. Therefore they had less revenue. The Insurance Companies didnt pay as many claims. They had more revenue. Guess what, we were able to get the insurance kwps and hospitals to share the benefits so that we keep kids healthy and at the same time drove down the cost of medicine and everybody is a winner. We have to think creatively in my opinion in dealing with the problems of medicare and Social Security. Lets figure out this system, but it has to be changed. We cant just say you cant tinker with it you can
Chuck grassley we will start with you. Itwe will have our Opening Statements. The constitution recognizes us as equal. I was going to call on you first because you are the Senior Member here today. It you have been a respected member of the house of representatives and you know miss yates. Hope you will start. John lewis thank you very much. I am delighted and pleased to be here. I am on a to be here with my friend from the georgia delegation. We are introducing the United States attorney for the district of georgia. She has been nominated to serve as Deputy Attorney general of the United States. Her dedication to Public Service is in her blood. Both her father and grandfather served in the Georgia Court of appeals. Her father was one of the great lawyers in the state of georgia and in our nation. She is principled, tough has used her commitment to justice to strength Law Enforcement and the community. She graduated from the university of georgia with honors. Her career in private prac
Well, its an exciting time if you are one of those lucky few who will be in the stands this evening at kings home. The original plan was to have 4000 people in here, but due to the recent changes in the government regulations, that was reduced to 1000. The club held a ballot on friday to see who would be the first fa ns friday to see who would be the first fans in six months to cheer on the cherry and right here in kings home. 0ne cherry and right here in kings home. One man who was very glad that they are is the chief executive lance bradley. Lance, what does it mean to you to have fans back in here . Its fantastic. The gloucester fans we think are the best in the country, so think are the best in the country, so having them back into cheer the tea m so having them back into cheer the team on is exactly what we all want. To give me an idea of some of the measures youve taken tonight to keep people safe. We have been preparing for a long time to let fa ns preparing for a long time to l