Federal jewish erie judiciary. Last summer, we sought the shocking attack of a judge in new jersey, resulting in the death of her 20yearold son and the wounding of her husband. A horrible incident by any measure. In fact, it was found out later that the perpetrator was an antifeminist extremist who had plans to conduct a similar attack on an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States justice sotomayor. The Supreme Court has noted significant concerns about the physical concerns of courthouses, the judges are targets of higher numbers of serious Threat Communications and related measures indicate judiciary security is greater risk. Do you agree that the federal judiciary faces a more dangerous security environment now than it has in times past . Ag garland i do. As you mention, i am acutely aware of this. I served when i was a judge on the Security Committee and i served as the chair of the executive committee. In both positions, i and the conference as a whole am conce
To remind members that their time is expired and when your time is expired, i will begin to recognize the next member. In terms of the speaking order, we will begin with the chair and Ranking Member and then members present at the time that hearing is called to order. We will be recognized in order of sin arity seniority. Finally, house rules require me to remind you that we have set up an email address to which members can send anything they wish to summit in writing at any of the hearings. That email address has been provided in advance to your staff. Good morning. We meet today to review the president s 2022 budget request for the department of justice. I am pleased to welcome our new attorney general Merrick Garland where his first appearance before this company this committee. He has a distinguished career in Public Service and an impressive trajectory in private practice and he chose to take up the rental a federal prosecutor. In that work you let the investigation and prosecutio
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Hand. This is American Voices. First to the big Breaking News in americas fight against covid19. Within the hour the fda approved Johnson Johnsons single Dose Emergency Vaccine for Emergency Use. It will be the third vaccine to help us fight covid in this country. Doses could roll out as soon as monday and it could change the game. Its one shot and can be stored in the kind of refrigerators americas medical community most commonly uses. This approval comes at a critical moment. States are facing Vaccine Shortages but shortages in shots can be viewed as a good thing because it means americans are getting them. At this hour more than 96 million doses have been delivered, over 72 million hots deliver. New cases across america have dropped but it is not time to more on. As ron klain says on twitter, we are making progress on vaccinations and other interventions against covid. But we need people to continue to mask and social distancing what were doing is working. We could have made this pr
First to the big Breaking News in americas fight against covid19. Within the hour the fda approved Johnson Johnsons single Dose Emergency Vaccine for Emergency Use. It will be the third vaccine to help fight covid in this country. Doses could roll out as soon as monday. And this shot could change the game. Because its a one and done kind of deal. One shot, can be stored in the refrigerators medical community most commonly uses. Unlike the pfizer and Moderna Vaccine which require a subzero storing temperature. This approval comes at a critical moment. States facing vaccine shortages. But shortages in shots can be viewed as a good thing because it means americans are getting them. At this more than 96 million doses have been delivered. 72 million shots administered. Meaning around 15 of the population has received at least one dose. Over the past month new cases and hospitalizations across america have dropped. But it is not time to move on, as white house mcevoy ron klain says on twitte