to exercise some moral and legal oversight to assure that there is no unfairness against those individuals.

I would be pleased to work with you on that. And I do not have firm and fast opinions on the subject.

I said then and I say now, it was necessary that the act be intrusive because it had to force change, and it would not have happened without the power of the Federal Government. That is a plain fact.

I will not commit to never enforcing Federal law, Senator Leahy, but absolutely, it is a problem of resources for the Federal Government.

Those decrees still remain in effect in a number of districts.

But to target people, and to any way demean them, if they were fine public servants and they were following the law, and carrying out a legitimate policy of their supervisors, would be wrong and I think we should respect them.

You cannot allow improper erosion of the right of Americans to vote.

I just would like your verbal commitment here to continue to do what you have always done, and that is, put the safety and security of the American people first.

My best judgment, colleagues, is that, properly enforced, the Federal gun laws can reduce crime and violence in our cities and communities.

More needs to be done. We need to join closer hands.

I do not favor personally this kind of work. I think it should be more productive work.

It is not acceptable to retaliate against a whistleblower.

Well, I would have to make a legal decision on that. I am not able to do so today.

I think that would be a prudent decision.

it is a lot easier to be vigorous and outspoken. But it is different as you begin to think about the awesome responsibility of serving as an Attorney General.

I just think that caution is always required in these cases.

I believe they are growing and we are seeing that now in Europe and we are also seeing it right here in America.

Classically, the answer is yes.