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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Apr 25, 2022

They are the tip of spear of our effort to fight violent crime.

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Apr 25, 2022

Over the past 411 days that I have been Attorney General, three co-equal priorities have guided the work of the Justice Department--keeping our country safe, protecting civil rights, and upholding the rule of law.

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Apr 25, 2022

I assure you we don't want to remove the money that we need to fight violent crime to put it anywhere else.

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Apr 25, 2022

The opioid epidemic, and particularly the influx of fentanyl, is just horrifying and extraordinarily sad.

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Apr 25, 2022

The answer is yes. I'm not sure which programs, I'd like to have our staffs talk about them, didn't make it in.

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Apr 25, 2022

It's not just the war, it's the way in which the war is being prosecuted by the Russian government.

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Apr 25, 2022

As our country's chief law enforcement officer, I am committed to supporting members of law enforcement at all levels of government as they work to protect our country, while also safeguarding civil liberties and ensuring our own…

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Apr 25, 2022

The wave of efforts across the country to suppress access to the ballot box is alarming.

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Apr 25, 2022

The budget we've asked for for drug trafficking and drug interdiction, which is $9.8 billion, is a huge amount.

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Apr 25, 2022

It's almost unspeakable--it is unspeakable, what happened to those gymnasts, and also unspeakable, the way in which the investigation failed to proceed.

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Apr 25, 2022

I respectfully ask for your support for our budget, as the Justice Department works to uphold the rule of law, to keep our country safe, and to protect civil rights for all.

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Apr 25, 2022

The President has proposed a total of more than $30 billion in new investments over the next decade, to support law enforcement by funding the police, preventing crime, and accelerating criminal justice reform.

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Apr 25, 2022

It's just, I think, important to--for me to explain the role of the Justice Department, which is not to make judgments about the public health.

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Apr 25, 2022

Any time we're not getting confirmed law enforcement officers it does have a negative effect on our ability to fight violent crime, cybercrime.

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Apr 25, 2022

These resources will strengthen the Justice Department's efforts to reduce violent crime and gun violence, to counter the multitude of serious and evolving threats to our country from terrorists, cyber criminals, and hostile nation States.

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Apr 25, 2022

The transportation of fentanyl, particularly, has increased.

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Merrick Garland
@merrickgarland· Democratic · DC· Apr 25, 2022

I can't think of anything more important or anything more tragic than what fentanyl is doing to the American people.

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