Political Quotes

“I also ask unanimous consent that the response from the Department of Justice, which I have characterized as extraordinarily unresponsive to what legislators have said, be printed in the Record as well. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legislative Affairs, Washington, DC, November 18, 2016. Hon. Ron Wyden, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. Dear Senator Wyden: This responds to your letter to the Attorney General, dated October 27, 2016, regarding proposed amendments to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, recently approved by the Supreme Court. We are sending identical responses to the Senators and Members who joined in your letter. The amendments to Rule 41, which are scheduled to take effect on December 1, 2016, mark the end of a three-year deliberation process, which included extensive written comments and public testimony. After hearing the public's views, the federal judiciary's Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, which includes federal and state judges, law professors, attorneys in private practice, and others in the legal community, approved the amendments and rejected criticisms of the proposal. The amendments were then considered and unanimously approved by the Standing Committee on Rules and the Judicial Conference, and adopted by the United States Supreme Court.…”