Tina Kotek: “There is no insurrection, there is no threat to national security and there is no need for military troops in our major…”

I fought in the courts to make sure unlawful actions could not happen. 100 days later, the troops went home — not only Oregon troops, but California troops — and we averted a disaster.

A 66% reduction in unrepresented defendants is a turning point. The work is not done, and we will keep striving for improvement until every person needing counsel has an attorney.

Despite our policy disagreement, we have never allowed it to interfere with our obligation to implement the law Congress enacted.

When people charged with crimes go without counsel, justice is delayed for defendants and for the communities harmed by crime.