Thank you very much, Mr. Cole, for your service, for your leadership, and for your testimony before us today.

Mr. Cole testified that Brady should not be augmented by statute and pointed to the very extensive training the Department of Justice has put in place.

Would you comment on whether the duty imposed in this proposed disclosure fairness bill to use due diligence to discover exculpatory evidence that was reasonably available to the prosecutor, would that, in fact, expand the duty of the…

I think this Committee could play a role in oversight and just communicating that, you know, if the Department wants to prove that it is capable of self-regulation, the Committee is going to want to see progress on those fronts.

I would like to state that, without objection, we will enter into the record a number of letters that Senator Murkowski had asked be put into the record.

And, if anything, that percentage has increased.

So if I could summarize, there is no uniform, routine audit process, but there are so many different ways in which challenges are presented, whether judicial, opposing counsel, postconviction if that is the outcome, that you are confident…

Thank you, Senator Sessions. I think your personal experience and your passion for this is obvious and contributes significantly to this discourage today.

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I know that my ranking minority, Senator Isakson, and I reflect what is a broad community across the House and Senate, Republican and Democrat, who care deeply about Africa and who welcome your effort to make certain that we put…

If the buying stops, the killing can too.

Thank you, Chairman Kerry, for calling this hearing, and thank you to our witnesses for everything you are doing.