Dick Durbin: “The violent crime wave sweeping across our country has absolutely nothing to do with the First Step Act.”

We ask that you immediately provide all committee records that you have withheld, commit to fully complying with Senate Rules XXVI and XXVII going forward, and apologize to Mr. Smith on behalf of the Committee.

These changes threaten to undermine the work of the FBI and pose a grave risk to the Bureau’s integrity.

Public executions have no place in a democracy.

The lowering of the FBI's hiring standards "threaten[s] to undermine the work of the FBI and pose a grave risk to the Bureau's integrity.