So Congress has already determined that criminal penalties go to the Crime Victims Fund, civil penalties go to the civil Judgment Fund.
Elected, accountable Members of Congress should decide how Federal funds are spent.
It is time for Congress to take action to end this abuse.
I feel the central issue is the harm that these provisions do to Congress as an institution.
I still have an issue with an agency--and, thinking as a prosecutor, as we do, that discretion or that authority is very powerful and good i...
I don't dispute that with you. But I believe that's Congress' responsibility.
But it also misses a broader point, which is Congress has also has said that restitution to victims takes priority over all penalties in the...
And so, to your question, Mr. Chairman, we would deprive prosecutors and civil enforcement attorneys of their ability to address the general...
And there are hundreds, if not thousands, of these violations every year. Congress is not going to be able to legislate for each one of them...
I have the utmost confidence and faith in the frontline prosecutors.
We have to avoid the tendency of many countries to go looking for dragons to slay.