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I want to respectfully tell you that I believe your tenure will be judged by whether you succeed in eliminating the sexual abuse of those who are in your custody.

I find that that situation is absolutely egregious, and it is about the systemic change.

I believe in good government, I believe in transparency, and I know we cannot do this work alone.

I think it sends a powerful message to the Department that there is strong bipartisan will to address this crisis.

I want to encourage you again to embrace the possibility that you can turn this agency around.

I would note, as a point of personal privilege, Senator Lankford, that Senator Grassley and I have the Prison Camera Reform Act. It has passed the Senate unanimously.

The buck now stops with you.

Do you think it would be helpful to have more women working in facilities that incarcerate women?

Access and proximity to your family. How did they play a role in your fear of retaliation and the retaliation that you experienced?

It is not a pleasant responsibility. But it also the responsibility of government to make sure when we do incarcerate individuals that they are safe.

What kind of retaliation did you fear?

We cannot turn our face from it. We have to face this. We have to do everything we can to eliminate it.

Then January 6th happens and next thing you know, I organized the whole thing along with Steve Bannon here. And I have to tell you something, if Steve Bannon and I had organized that, we would have won.

Record numbers of Americans think the Court is too powerful, too partisan, and far too unaccountable.

Their job approval rating is the lowest it's been in the Court's entire history.

The year 2022 has seen more scandals of greater magnitude seeping out of 1 First Street than in any other single year in recent memory.

For years I've been writing and warning about an ethical crisis at the Supreme Court, and I've introduced legislation to address it.

I sincerely hope that we can all work together to pass legislation that would help restore America's faith in our highest court.