we want to protect the Constitution, we want to protect the people against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

I have joined several other Senators in advocating for a $30 million appropriation for this program.

About a third, more or less----

I'm talking about after they're sentenced, they're sentenced on--based on a statute, are they not?

The 2015 budget requires cuts totaling more than $500 million.

And if there's any change in the laws on sentencing, it came from Congress--it had come from Congress to modify, repeal, or enact something to supersede it, is that correct?

I'm concerned that, while the Department's 2015 budget purports to recognize the multifaceted nature of the Department's work, it fails to truly prioritize anything but the administration's pet projects.

I think that we need to make sure, under all circumstances, that you and your fellow Inspector Generals have unfettered access to documents that could root out wrongdoing in any Department.

Do you believe it's the--when you make priorities, as a prosecutor, that you should look at violent crime and get people off the street, get them out of doing harm to other people in institutions first?

Thank you, Mr. Inspector General. We appreciate the work you're doing, your dedication.

But, the Inspector General at the Department of Justice couldn't do his job unless they had unfettered access to stuff he was seeking.

of all of your accomplishments, you probably created more good for the world with that undertaking