I very much support your statement of aggressively enforcing the laws of our country regardless of your personal views.

Chairman Leahy apologizes for not personally being here today.

Without objection, they will be made part of the record.

I want to know what priority you intend to place on the Civil Rights Division within the Department of Justice.

So we expect that message to be very clear to all the people in the Department of Justice as to restoring the confidence that partisan politics will not play a role in the deployment of career personnel.

when the American public sees their taxpayer dollars being used for these kinds of trips, they get furious.

When the American public sees their taxpayer dollars being used for these kinds of trips, they get furious.

She wants to know what CLEA is.

We do have a justice integrity bill which Senator Specter and I have filed that will allow for ten pilot programs to work within each of the U.S. Attorneys.

I want to talk a little bit about the U.S. Attorneys and the supervision of U.S. Attorneys.

We know that the overwhelming percentage of people who are incarcerated on crack violations are African American and minorities.

I would just urge you to take a very active role in that regard, and I thank you for your response.

There are things that we can do as far as the statutes are concerned, and we look forward to your recommendations in that regard.

The Constitution is not only loved and respected, it is the basis of the rule of law of our country.

I appreciate that clarification for the record.

I also want to thank all of you for being willing to serve your country.

the minority use of crack cocaine is much lower than the incarceration rate of minorities for violations of the crack cocaine statutes.

I think it's, 5 grams will trigger a minimum sentence of 5 years for crack cocaine violations, whereas powdered cocaine, it's 500 grams, so you have a 100:1 disparity.