"they need to be empowered, and absolutely protected against retaliation, not just that objectively it won't occur"
"The inability to fill those 1,100 slots in my view would be really a disservice to the FBI and severely disadvantage this great organization, and I hope you agree with me in that."
"I am unhappy and frustrated with the most recent efforts by the administration to send a message in this area."
"I hope that we will see prosecutions soon."
"I welcome that response, and I would note that it marks a departure from many years ago when missing children were thought to be exclusively a local or State issue."
"In fact, in seeking to uphold statutes, lawyers begin, if they represent either a State or the United States, with the argument that every statute that is passed by this legislative body, which repres..."
"I think it really is designed to raise awareness and show our own commitment to fighting bigotry."
"As intolerable as injustice and intolerance are in this country, as dangerous as intolerance and injustice, is indifference..."
"Your challenge is primarily in the area of enforcement, not so much the substantive authority that you would see the Congress improving."
"Wouldn't it make sense to engage or involve the States and local governments more actively in this effort?"
"I want to go back to the question that Senator Durbin was pursuing."
"the most important protocol, though, that we have followed and we will continue to follow is what is in the best interest of the case."