NOMINATION OF ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., NOMINEE TO BE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES

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S. HRG. 111–403
NOMINATION OF ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., NOMINEE
TO BE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED
STATES
HEARING
BEFORETHE
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
JANUARY 15 & 16, 2009
Serial No. J–111–2
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S. HRG. 111–403
NOMINATION OF ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., NOMINEE
TO BE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED
STATES
HEARING
BEFORETHE
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
JANUARY 15 & 16, 2009
Serial No. J–111–2
Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary
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COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont, Chairman
HERB KOHL, Wisconsin ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania
DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah
RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa
CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York JON KYL, Arizona
RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama
BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, Rhode Island JOHN CORNYN, Texas
RON WYDEN, Oregon TOM COBURN, Oklahoma
AMY KLOBUCHAR, Minnesota
EDWARD E. KAUFMAN, Delaware
BRUCE A. COHEN, Chief Counsel and Staff Director
NICHOLAS A. ROSSI, Republican Chief Counsel
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C O N T E N T S
Thursday, January 15, 2009 & Friday, Junuary 16, 2009
STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS
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Cardin, Hon. Benjamin L., a U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland, Pre-
pared statement ................................................................................................... 409
Leahy, Hon. Patrick J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont
January 15, 2009 Opening statement ............................................................. 1
January 15, 2009 Prepared statement ........................................................... 489
January 16, 2009 Opening statement ............................................................. 199
January 16, 2009 Prepared statement ........................................................... 491
Specter, Hon. Arlen, a U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania:
January 15, 2009 Opening statement ............................................................. 3
January 15, 2009 Prepared statement ........................................................... 599
January 16, 2009 Opening statement ............................................................. 200
PRESENTERS
Norton, Hon. Eleanor Holmes, a Delegate in Congress from the District
of Columbia Presenting Eric H. Holder, Jr., Nominee to be Attorney Gen-
eral of the United States ..................................................................................... 10
Warner, Hon. John W., former U.S. Senator from the State of Virginia Pre-
senting Eric H. Holder, Jr., Nominee to be Attorney General of the United
States .................................................................................................................... 6
STATEMENT OF THE NOMINEE
Holder, Eric H., Jr., Nominee to be Attorney General of the United States ...... 12
Questionnaire .................................................................................................... 16
WITNESSES
Canterbury, Chuck, National President, National Fraternal Order of Police .... 205
Conner, Joseph F., Glen Rock, New Jersey ........................................................... 211
Freeh, Louis, J., former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation .................... 201
Hahn, Richard S., Hahn & Company, former FBI Special Agent, Seal Beach,
California .............................................................................................................. 215
Halbrook, Stephen P. Attorney at Law, Fairfax, Virginia ................................... 218
Payton, John, President and Director Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund, Inc ......................................................................................... 207
Townsend, Frances M. Fragos, former Homeland Security Adviser to Presi-
dent George W. Bush ........................................................................................... 209
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Responses of Joseph Connor to questions submitted by Senator Specter .......... 229
Responses of Richard Hahn to questions submitted by Senator Specter ............ 232
Responses of Frances Fragos Townsend to questions submitted by Senator
Specter .................................................................................................................. 236
Responses of Eric H. Holder Jr. to questions submitted by Senator Coburn ..... 238
Responses of Eric H. Holder Jr. to questions submitted by Senator Cornyn ..... 249
Responses of Eric H. Holder Jr. to questions submitted by Senator Feingold ... 257
Responses of Eric H. Holder Jr. to questions submitted by Senator Graham .... 263
Responses of Eric H. Holder Jr. to questions submitted by Senator Grassley ... 265
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Responses of Eric H. Holder Jr.,. to questions submitted by Senator Hatch ..... 308
Responses of Eric H. Holder Jr. to questions submitted by Senator Kohl ......... 312
Responses of Eric H. Holder Jr. to questions submitted by Senator Kyl ............ 314
Responses of Eric H. Holder Jr. to questions submitted by Senator Specter
on behalf of Senator Martinez ............................................................................. 321
Responses of Eric H. Holder Jr. to questions submitted by Senator Sessions ... 323
Responses of Eric H. Holder Jr. to questions submitted by Senator Specter ..... 331
Responses of Eric H. Holder Jr. to questions submitted by Senator White-
house ..................................................................................................................... 365
SUBMISSION FOR THE RECORD
Adler, J., National President, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association,
Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, letter ........................................................................ 366
Aguayo, Samuel M., M.D., Staff Physician, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical
Center, former Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine, and Asso-
ciate Dean for Veterans Affairs, Morehouse School of Medicine, letter .......... 369
Allen, Ernie, President & CEO, National Center for Missing & Exploited
Children, Alexandria, Virginia, letter ................................................................ 372
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Wil-
liam Samuel, Director, Government Affairs Department, Washington, DC,
letter ...................................................................................................................... 373
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Kareem Shora, J.D., LLM,
Washington, DC, letter ........................................................................................ 374
Anti-Defamation League, Glen S. Lewy, National Chair, and Abraham H.
Foxman, National Director, New York, New York, letter ................................ 376
Asian American Justice Center, Karen K. Narasaki, President and Executive
Director, Washington, D.C., letter ...................................................................... 378
Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Ralph P. Albrecht, President,
and James G. Flood, President-Elect, Washington, DC, joint letter ................ 379
Barr, Hon. Bob, a former Representatives in Congress from the State of
Georgia, letter ....................................................................................................... 381
Barr, William P., former General Counsel, Verizon Corp. and former Attorney
General of the United States; Manus M. Cooney, President, The TCH
Group, former Chief Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee; Makan
Delrahim, Brownstein Hyatt & Farber Schreck, LLP, former Staff Director
Senate Judiciary Committee and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General
of the United States; Joseph E. DiGenova, DiGenova & Toensing, former
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia; Stuart M. Gerson,
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., former Acting Attorney General and Assist-
ant Attorney General of the United States; Michael J. Madigan, Orrick,
Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, former Federal Prosecutor and Chief Counsel,
Senate Special Investigation, Committee on Governmental Affairs; Michael
O’Neill, George Mason University, former Chief Counsel and Staff Director,
Senate Committee on the Judiciary, former Commissioner, United States
Sentencing Commission, George J. Terwilliger III, White & Case, former
United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, former Deputy Attorney
General of the United States; Victoria Toensing, DiGenova & Toensing,
former Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States and Chief
Counsel, Senate Intelligence Committee; and Charles R. Work, McDermott
Will & Emery, former Federal Prosecutor and former President, District
of Columbia Bar, joint letter ............................................................................... 384
Brady Campaign to Prevent Violence and Survivors, Jennifer Bishop, The
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Washington, DC, statement ....... 387
Break the Cycle; Family Violence Prevention Fund; National Alliance to
End Sexual Violence; National Congress of American Indians Task Force
on Violence Against Native Women; National Latino Alliance for the Elimi-
nation Of Domestic violence; National Network to End Domestic Violence;
National Network to End Domestic Violence; National Organization of Sis-
ters of Color Ending Sexual Assault; Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape;
Sacred Circle, January 5, 2009 letter ................................................................. 388
Bryant, Dan, Senior Vice President, Global Public Policy and Government
Affairs, Pepsi Co, former Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy,
and Office of Legislative Affairs, and Chris Wray, Partner, King Spalding,
former Assistant Attorney General Criminal Division, joint letter ................. 390
Burlingame, Debra, Co-founder, 9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America,
statement .............................................................................................................. 391
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Burton, Dan, a Representatives in Congress from the State of Indiana, letter . 396
Cabral, Sam A., International President, International Union of Police Asso-
ciations AFL–CIO, Alexandria, Virginia, letter ................................................. 400
Calhoun, S. Brady, Northwest Florida Daily New, December 5, 2008 article .... 402
Campbell, Stanley V., Jr., Chief Executive Officer, Business Intel Solutions,
Washington, DC, letter ........................................................................................ 404
Canterbury, Chuck, National President, National Fraternal Order of Police,
Washington, DC, statement ................................................................................ 405
Cognetti, Sal, Jr., Foley, Cognetti, Comerford, Cimini & Cummins, Law Of-
fice, Scranton, Pennsylvania, letter .................................................................... 412
Coleman, William T., Jr., Senior Partner and Senior Counselor, O’Melveny
& Myers LLP, Washington, DC, letter ............................................................... 414
Comey, James B., McLean, Virginia, letter ........................................................... 415
Congressional Black Caucus, Barbara Lee, Chairwoman, Washington, DC,
letter ...................................................................................................................... 416
Connor, Joseph F., Glen Rock, New Jersey, statement and letter ...................... 419
Connors, Edward, President, Institute for Law and Justice, Alexandria, Vir-
ginia, letter and attachment ............................................................................... 424
Constitutional Accountability Center, Doug Kendall, President, Washington,
DC, letter .............................................................................................................. 427
Dees, Morris, Founder and Chief Trial Counsel, Southern Poverty Law Cen-
ter, Montgomery, Alabama, letter ...................................................................... 429
Elofson, Matt, October 6, 2008, article .................................................................. 431
English, Sharon J., Homicide Victim Survivor, Crime Victim Services Advo-
cate, Sacramento, California, letter .................................................................... 432
FBI, Director, Memorandum to Mr. Esposito ........................................................ 433
Floyd, Craig W., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, National Law En-
forcement Officers Memorial Fund, Inc., Washington, DC, letter ................... 435
Fortun˜o, Luis G., Governor, San Juan, Puerto Rico, letter .................................. 436
Freeh, Louis J., former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, statement
and letter .............................................................................................................. 438
Gaboury, Mario Thomas, J.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Criminal Justice,
University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut, letter ............................ 442
Gelder, Barbara Van, former Assistant United States Attorney, Washington,
DC, letter .............................................................................................................. 443
Gerstell, Glenn S., former Chairman, District of Columbia Water and Sewer
Authority, Washington, DC, letter ...................................................................... 445
Hahn, Richard S., R. Hahn & Company, Seal Beach, California, and Former
FBI Special Agent ................................................................................................ 447
Halbrook, Stephen P., Fairfax, Virginia, statement ............................................. 453
Hills, Carla A., Hills & Company, International Consultants, Washington,
DC., letter ............................................................................................................. 458
Hispanic National Bar Association, Ramona E. Romero, Esq., National Presi-
dent, Washington, DC., letter ............................................................................. 459
Hoar, General Joseph, USMC; Vice Admiral Lee F. Gunn, USN; Lt. General
Charles Otstott, USA; Major General Paul D. Eaton, USA; Rear Admiral
John D. Hutson, USN; Major General William L. Nash, USA; Brigadier
General James P. Cullen, USA; Brigadier General, David R. Irvine, USA;
Brigadier General Murray G. Sagsveen; and Brigadier General Steven N.
Xenakis, USA, joint letter ................................................................................... 461
Holder, Eric H., Jr., Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC., letter .......... 463
Holder, Eric H., Jr., Nominee to be Attorney General of the United, state-
ment ...................................................................................................................... 465
Hutchinson, Asa, Asa Hutchinson Law Group, Washington, D.C., letter ........... 469
Illinois Victims, Jennifer Bishop-Jenkins, Founder, Northfield Illinois, letter .. 471
International Association of Chiefs of Police, Russell B. Laine, President,
Alexandria, Virginia, letter ................................................................................. 472
International Organization for Victim Assistance, Marlene A. Young, Ph.D.,
J.D., President, Newberg, Oregon, letter ........................................................... 473
Judicial Watch, Thomas Fitton, President, Washington, DC., letter .................. 474
Justice Solutions, NPO, David Beatty, Executive Director, Washington, D.C.,
letter ...................................................................................................................... 477
Kassa, Jonathan, Executive Director, Security On Campus, Inc., King of
Prussia, Pennsylvania, letter .............................................................................. 478
La Bella, Charles G., La Bella & McNamara, LLP, San Diego, California,
letter ...................................................................................................................... 479
Lamm, Carolyn B., White & Case, Washington, DC., letter ................................ 481
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Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Wade Henderson, President and CEO,
Nancy Zirkin, Executive Vice President, Washington, DC, letter ................... 483
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; Alliance for Justice; American Federa-
tion of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations; American for
Democratic Action, Inc.; Asian American Justice Center; Center for Inquiry;
Feminist Majority; Human Rights Campaign; Judge David L. Bazelon Cen-
ter for Mental Health Law; Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under
Law; National Abortion Federation; National Association for the Advance-
ment of Colored People; NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.;
National Council of Jewish Women; National Council of La Raza; National
Fair Housing Alliance; National Health Law Program; National Partnership
for Women & Families; National Organization for Women; National Urban
League; People for the American Way; Planned Parenthood Federation
of America, joint letter ......................................................................................... 486
Leary, Mary Lou, National Center for Victims of Crime, Washington, DC.,
letter ...................................................................................................................... 492
Lee, Sheila Jackson, a Representatives in Congress from the State of Texas,
letter ...................................................................................................................... 493
Levey, Dan, President, Parents of Murdered Children, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio,
letter ...................................................................................................................... 496
MADD, J.T. Griffin, Vice President of Public Policy, Irving, Texas, letter ......... 498
Major Cities Chiefs Association, Chief R. Gil Kerlikowske, President, Colum-
bia, Maryland, letter ............................................................................................ 500
McNulty, Paul J., former Deputy Attorney General and United States Attor-
ney, Washington, D.C., letter .............................................................................. 501
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, John Trasvina,
President and General Counsel, Los Angeles, California, letter ...................... 502
Moore, Brian P., Spring Hill, Florida, letter ......................................................... 504
Morford, Craig S., Dublin, Ohio, letter .................................................................. 508
National African American Drug Policy Coalition Inc., Arthur L. Burnett,
Sr., National Executive Director, Washington, DC, letter ................................ 510
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Andre T. Hahn, Sr., Presi-
dent, Tina Matsuoka, Executive Director, and John C. Yang, Co-Chair,
Judiciary Committee, Washington, DC, joint letter .......................................... 512
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Benjamin T.
Jealous, President & CEO, Julian Bond, Chairman, Baltimore, Maryland,
letter ...................................................................................................................... 514
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Hilary O.
Shelton, Vice President for Advocacy/Director Washington Bureau, Wash-
ington, DC, letter ................................................................................................. 516
National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys, Richard Delonis,
National President, Lake Ridge, Virginia, letter ............................................... 517
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National Association of Attorneys General, Tom Miller, Attorney General
of Iowa; Patrick Lynch, Attorney general of Rhode Island; Dustin B.
McDaniel, Attorney General of Arkansas; John W. Suthers, Attorney Gen-
eral of Colorado; Richard S. Gebelein, Acting Attorney General of Delaware;
Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General of Georgia; Mark J. Bennett, Attorney
General of Hawaii; Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois; Steve Six,
Attorney General of Kansas; Jon Bruning, Attorney General of Nebraska;
Terry Goddard, Attorney General of Arizona; Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attor-
ney General of California; Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General of Con-
necticut, Bill McCollum, Attorney General of Florida; Alicia G. Limtiaco,
Attorney General of Guam; Lawrence Wasden, Attorney General of Idaho;
Stephen Carter, Attorney General of Indiana; Jack Conway, Attorney Gen-
eral of Kentucky; James D. ‘‘Buddy’’ Caldwell, Attorney General of Lou-
isiana; Douglas F. Gansler, Attorney General of Maryland; Lori Swanson,
Attorney General of Minnesota; Mike McGrath, Attorney General of Mon-
tana, Gary King, Attorney General of New Mexico; Roy Cooper, Attorney
General of North Carolina; Larry Long, Attorney General of South Dakota;
Mark Shurtleff, Attorney General of Utah; Rob McKenna, Attorney General
of Washington; Bruce A. Salzburg, Attorney General of Wyoming; Janet
T. Mills, Attorney General of Maine; Martha Coakley, Attorney General
of Massachusetts; Jim Hood, Attorney General of Mississippi; Catherine
Cortez Masto, Attorney General of Nevada; Andrew Cuomo, Attorney Gen-
eral of New York; W.A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General of Oklahoma;
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General of Tennessee; William H. Sorrell,
Attorney General of Vermont; Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General
of West Virginia; Washington, DC, joint letter .................................................. 518
National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice, Robert L. Matthews,
President, Fayetteville, Georgia, letter .............................................................. 521
National Association of Drug Court Professionals, West Huddleston, Chief
Executive Officer, Alexandria, Virginia, letter .................................................. 523
National Association of Police Organizations, Inc., William J. Johnson, Execu-
tive Director, Alexandria, Virginia, letter .......................................................... 524
National Bar Association Region II, Nadine C. Johnson, Director, Bronx,
New York, joint letter .......................................................................................... 525
National Bar Association, Rodney G. Moore, President, Atlanta, Georgia, let-
ter .......................................................................................................................... 529
National Black Prosecutors Association, Carmen M. Lineberger, President,
Chicago, Illinois, letter ......................................................................................... 533
National Crime Prevention Council, Alfonso E. Lenhardt, President and CEO,
Arlington, Virginia, letter .................................................................................... 535
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Dean G. Kilpatrick,
Ph.D., Director, Distinguished University Professor, Medical University of
South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, letter .......................................... 537
National Criminal Justice Association, David Steingraber, President, and
Cabell Cropper, Executive Director, Washington, DC., letter .......................... 538
National District Attorneys Association, Joseph I. Cassilly, President, Alexan-
dria, Virginia, letter ............................................................................................. 539
National District Attorneys Association, Joseph I. Cassilly, President, State’s
Attorney, Harford County, Maryland; Christopher D. Chiles, President-
Elect Prosecuting Attorney, Cabell County, West Virginia, Sandee Meyer,
Member, Executive Director Prosecuting Attorney Assn, Idaho, Robert P.
McCulloch, Member, Prosecuting Attorney, St. Louis County, Missouri; Jan
Scully, Member, District Attorney, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, Mi-
chael Wright, Member, Prosecuting Attorney, Warren Conint; James P.
Fox, Chair, District Attorney, San Mateo County, California; James M.
Reams, Treasurer, County Attorney, Rockingham County, New Hampshire;
John Gill, Member, District Attorney General’s Office, Knoxville, Ten-
nessee; Joshua K. Marquis, Member, District Attorney Clatsop County,
Oregon; Luis Valentin, Member County Prosecutor, Monmouth County,
New Jersey, joint letter ....................................................................................... 540
National Fraternal Order of Police, Chuck Canterbury, National President,
Washington, DC, letter ........................................................................................ 542
National Leadership Council for Crime Victim Justice, Sharon J. English,
Council Coordinator and Spokesperson, Washington, DC., letter ................... 544
National Narcotic Officers’ Associations Coalition, Ronald E. Brooks, Presi-
dent, West Covina, California, letter .................................................................. 545
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National Network to End Domestice Violence, Sue Else, President, Wash-
ington, DC, letter ................................................................................................. 546
National Network to End Violence Against Immigrant Women, Leslye E.
Orloff, Director, Washington, DC, letter ............................................................ 547
National Organization for Victim Assistance, A. Robert Denton, President,
Alexandria, Virginia, letter ................................................................................. 550
National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, Jessie Lee,
Executive Director, and Joseph A. McMillan, National President, Alexan-
dria, Virginia, letter ............................................................................................. 551
National Organization of Victims of Juvenile Lifers, Jennifer Bishop, Sec-
retary, Washington, DC, letter ........................................................................... 553
National Partnership for Women & Families, Debra L. Ness, President,
Washington, DC, letter ........................................................................................ 554
National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President, Chris
W. Cox, Executive Director, Fairfax, Virginia, joint letter ............................... 556
National Sheriffs’ Association, Sheriff David A. Goad, President, and Aaron
D. Kennard, Executive Director, Alexandria, Virginia, letter .......................... 559
National Troopers Coalition, Dennis Hallion, Chairman, Washington, DC.,
letter ...................................................................................................................... 561
National Women’s Law Center, Nancy Duff Campbell, Co-President, and
Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President, Washington, DC, joint letter .............. 562
New York Times, January 16, 2009, article .......................................................... 565
Noble, Ronald, Director General of Interpol, statement ....................................... 567
Olson, Theodore B., Gibson, Lawyer, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington,
DC, letter .............................................................................................................. 568
Partners-of-Color of District of Columbia Area Lawyers, Washington, DC,
joint letter ............................................................................................................. 570
Payton, John, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense
& Educational Fund, Inc., New York, New York, statement ........................... 576
People for the American Way, Kathryn Kolbert, President, and Tanya Clay
House, Director, Public Policy, Washington, DC, joint letter ........................... 580
Police Executive Research Forum, Chuck Wexler, Executive Director, Wash-
ington, D.C., letter ............................................................................................... 582
Pratt, Larry, Executive Director, Gun Owners of America, Springfield, Vir-
ginia, letter ........................................................................................................... 584
Reilly, Brian, Washington, Times, December 14, 1994, article ........................... 586
Rogers, David, Executive Director, Partnership for Safety and Justice, Port-
land, Oregon, letter .............................................................................................. 588
Roper, Roberta, Chairperson and Founder, and Russell P. Butler, Executive
Director, Maryland Crime Victims’ Resource Center, Inc., Upper Marlboro,
Maryland, letter ................................................................................................... 589
Sarcone, John P., Polk County Attorney, Des Moines, Iowa, letter .................... 590
Seigle, Thomas R., Executive Vice President, Public Safety Group, Appriss,
Louisville, Kentucky, letter ................................................................................. 592
Sessions, Hon. Jeff, a U.S. Senator from the State of Alabama, letter ............... 593
Seymour, Anne, National Victim Advocate, Washington, D.C., letter ................ 595
Shestack, Jerome, former President, Martha Barnett, former President, Den-
nis Archer, former President, Robert Grey, former President, and Michael
Greco, former President, American Bar Association, joint letter ..................... 596
Silva, Robert, Mayor, on behalf of the City of Mendota, Mendota, California,
letter ...................................................................................................................... 597
Spillett, Roxanne, President and CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, At-
lanta, Georgia, letter ............................................................................................ 601
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