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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysbdmn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GPO COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RE- LATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 2021 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 2:01 p.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Jeanne Shaheen (Chair) presiding. Present: Senators Shaheen, Leahy, Feinstein, Reed, Coons, Manchin, Van Hollen, Moran, Murkowski, Collins, Graham, Booz- man, Capito, Hagerty, and Braun. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR JEANNE SHAHEEN Senator SHAHEEN. The Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies will come to order. Good afternoon, Mr. Attorney General. We are delighted to have you back. And I want to begin by congratulating you and the Department on the re- covery of much of the ransomware from the attack on the Colonial Pipeline. That was excellent work and I know everybody in the country really appreciates it. And hopefully it sends a message to those groups out there that would continue to hack our industries and our Government. The complex and often difficult work of the Department is vast. It ranges from National Security investigations to operating a na- tional prison system, management of billions in grants to State and local entities, and this year, the President's fiscal year 2022 budget request for the Department of Justice is $36 billion, which is nearly 7 percent increase compared to fiscal year 2021. As enacted, this budget provides a renewed focus in critically important areas like the request for increased funding at the Civil Rights Division and Community Relations Service to provide for more attorneys and mediators. It also requests more funding and grant programs that will greatly assist our communities. I was particularly pleased personally to see nearly double the re- sources for the Office on Violence Against Women and appreciate the steady support for grant programs that address substance abuse. While I was pleased to see healthy increases nearly across the board for the Department's agencies and programs, I did have some concerns and I appreciated our conversation yesterday, Mr. Attorney General, and I shared some of these with you. (1)

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