Jeanne Shaheen

Continued American leadership in the Western Balkans is very important and support for what the countries there are trying to do

It is vital that Serbia be firmly on the path towards European Union membership, closer integration with the West.

It is important that we continue to hold them accountable to standards.

I think the transatlantic link, the cooperation between both sides of the Atlantic was critical, and that is an important lesson I think that applies everywhere.

I think one of the first lessons is one of the most serious and prevalent problems in the Western Balkans is lack of strong rule of law and systemic corruption.

I'm disappointed that to date this Committee has not received any information about the Department's internal thinking on a potential reorganization with Congress.

Well, Mr. Chairman, I'm certainly not comfortable with that kind of impact on women's health worldwide.

Losing access to family planning services will result in 2 million more unsafe abortions, 12,000 maternal deaths, and 6 million more unintended pregnancies.

The 2018 budget proposal would reduce a billion dollars from the PEPFAR program.

I have had credible threats against me. I have never had four to eight people on my detail 24 hours per day.

If there are legal changes in policy that need to be made, I hope you will share that with us.

While it may not seem like a lot of money, in New Hampshire, that is a lot of money.

I would urge you to rethink whether eliminating the Anti-Heroin Task Force grant program is really in the interest of what we are all trying to accomplish.

It was looking at that successful model that Senator Leahy and I tried to direct some support to local law enforcement.

I just disagree with your decisions in a couple of areas. One is the elimination of the COPS Anti-Heroin Task Force grant program.

I very much appreciate the statements that you made here this morning about your commitment to addressing the heroin and opioid epidemic.

I am troubled by the fact that, while the administration's hiring freeze was lifted in April, the Department of Justice has been under a self-imposed hiring freeze since mid-February.

Have you given the Special Counsel full independence from the Justice Department to conduct this investigation?

At this point, have you seen any evidence of good cause for firing Special Counsel Mueller?

I am certainly glad to hear that.

They are asking for a $1.3 billion rescission from the Crime Victims Fund.

The President's budget request for the Justice Department is abysmal.

You are not the witness we were supposed to hear from today.

I applaud your appointment of Robert Mueller as the Special Counsel to oversee the ongoing investigation into Russian interference during the 2016 election.

I am troubled because, for this subcommittee, it is incredibly unusual to hold a hearing with the Deputy Attorney General when there is a sitting Attorney General.