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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysasdw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RE- LATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018 TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2017 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:02 a.m., in room 192, Dirksen Sen- ate Office Building, Hon. Richard Shelby (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Shelby, Alexander, Collins, Murkowski, Graham, Boozman, Capito, Lankford, Kennedy, Shaheen, Leahy, Feinstein, Coons, Schatz, Manchin, and Van Hollen. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE STATEMENT OF HON. ROD J. ROSENSTEIN, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GEN- ERAL OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR RICHARD C. SHELBY Senator SHELBY. The subcommittee will come to order. Mr. Deputy Attorney General, welcome to the Commerce, Jus- tice, and Science Appropriations Subcommittee, which will be hear- ing about and examining the Department of Justice's fiscal year 2018 budget request. I am pleased to welcome you here to your first hearing before this subcommittee, and I am grateful that you and Attorney Gen- eral Sessions have brought new, desperately needed leadership to the DOJ. Your input is helpful and necessary as we review the President's spending priorities for the Justice Department in order to ensure that the country's national security and law enforcement needs are funded appropriately and sufficiently. This is a challenging budget climate, as you know. As violent crime has risen and terrorism has escalated, fiscal constraints have tightened. The President proposes to decrease funding at the De- partment of Justice by $637 million in 2018, for a new total of $28.3 billion. Since the start of the new administration and during the early days of your tenure as the Deputy Attorney General, I am pleased that the Department is refocusing on its core mission of enforcing our Nation's Constitution and duly enacted laws. I believe it is critical that we target our finite law enforcement resources towards the worst criminals in our society, and I agree (1)

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