Speeches

Thank you, Deputy Attorney General Monaco. Let me just say I have a big smile on my face. You guys are all so terrific. And it is so terrific to have all of you here.

I first met Serena when she and other families of fallen officers came to the Justice Department to celebrate the passage of the Public Safety Officer Support Act of 2022. Their persistent advocacy led to expanded coverage of the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program to include officers who are disabled due to mental health disorders or die by suicide as a result of on-duty trauma. At that meeting, we reflected on Howard Liebengood’s suicide three days after he and his colleagues tried to protect the Capitol from attack on January 6, 2021.

Thanks so much, Serena, for that overly generous introduction, and for the invitation to join you at the launch of this foundation.

Good morning. I want to start by thanking Chair Marván and COFECE for inviting me to speak today. I am honored to help celebrate COFECE’s 10th anniversary and the 30th anniversary of the Federal Economic Competition Law. Chair Marván, congratulations. As your agency looks to its next decade, I am confident that COFECE is in excellent hands.

Good morning. Last night, I met with some of the survivors and the loved ones of the victims of the horrific mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. I came here to tell them that the United States Department of Justice has finished its Critical Incident Review.

Thank you, Mr. Attorney General.

I know that nothing can take away the pain suffered by the families, the survivors, and the entire Uvalde community. But I do know that the team at the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) has been driven to provide an authoritative accounting of everything that transpired at Robb Elementary on May 24, 2022, as well as the events leading up to it, and an examination of what happened afterward.

Good afternoon. Thank you to the U.S. Conference of Mayors for inviting me to participate in this important session, joining local and federal leaders who are on the front lines of addressing gun violence in communities across the country. I am eager to hear the challenges you’re facing and ways that we can work together to make our cities safer.

Thank you, Richard — it’s extremely humbling to be introduced by someone who was as talented a prosecutor and as thoughtful a leader as yourself.

Good morning, everyone, and thank you, Mr. Attorney General.

Good morning everyone. The Deputy Attorney General and I are joined today by leaders from each of the Justice Department’s law enforcement components — the FBI, ATF, DEA U.S. Marshals — as well as leaders of other Department components.

Good morning. I am joined today by Director Rohit Chopra of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and U.S. Attorney Alamdar Hamdani for the Southern District of Texas.