U.S. State Attorneys General

If you are dying today in America from COVID, it's because essentially you're unvaccinated. Why would you want to die?

I am very much focused on ensuring that our Service components and the Coast Guard have the tools and the authorities to do just that.

We have also directed the Secretary of Defense to look at barriers and obstacles for minorities and women to entry into aviation positions.

These significant discrepancies suggest that increased outreach to underrepresented groups could expand the hiring pool.

Unfortunately, the aviation workforce in the United States does not reflect the diversity of the Nation as a whole.

It is critical that we continue to work together to develop a robust and diverse aviation workforce.

What we need to be able to say is this, even if these attorneys can go on television and say what they'd like, or go on social media and lie or even, you know, go to CPAC or some other friendly audience, they cannot go into a court of law…

I think that we're likely to be successful but I think the takeaway for me from today is this, you know, you heard each and every one of those attorneys double down on their assertions, right. There was no contrition. There was no…

I prosecute voter fraud everywhere we find it.

This is, again, it`s a blatantly political lawsuit. This Justice Department, I`m going to quote what Governor Brian Kemp said, the weaponization of the Department of Justice should bother everybody.

We`re vindicating our duty to make sure that people don`t have to be fearful of murder and people who do murder will be held accountable.

Well, it was a historically long sentence for this offense. But at the same time, no matter how much time Judge Cahill gave Derek Chauvin, it would never restore George Floyd.

The outcome of this case is critically important. But by itself, it`s not enough. My hope for our country is that this moment gives us pause and allows us to rededicate ourselves to the real societal change that will move us much further…

And your role as a state actor is not going to shield you from responsibility and accountability.

Like the conviction of Derek Chauvin two months ago, today’s sentencing is not justice. But it is another moment of real accountability on the road to justice.

The continued enhancement of the Anacostia watershed is critical to the environmental health of my district.

What, in your view, can Congress do to ensure that our federal programs have the flexibility they need to provide the types of financial assistance that are most useful to individual communities?

I agree with you and I would like to work more closely with you as to these two Hawaii communities.

A policy of equality of treatment and opportunity will make for a better Army, Navy, and Air Force.

I want to continue to work with my colleagues and the Forest Service to ensure that this particular project, as well as the other projects, are funded and continues to proceed.

As we talk about staffing and creating a better capacity for us to deal with these diseases, we discussed last year, a permanent forest pathologist to help the region address existing and emerging pests and pathogens.

We intend to do that.

I hope that you all succeed in passing the American Family Plans that the President has introduced, because it will be a generational type of investment in our kids.

Public health one of the most important lessons we've learned is how ill-prepared this country was to reach everyone in America who needed help when it came to COVID.