COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware, Chairman

EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
HOWARD M. METZENBAUM, Ohio
DENNIS DECONCINI, Arizona
PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont
HOWELL HEFLIN, Alabama
PAUL SIMON, Illinois

HERBERT KOHL, Wisconsin

STROM THURMOND, South Carolina
ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah

ALAN K. SIMPSON, Wyoming

CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa

ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania

GORDON J. HUMPHREY, New Hampshire

RONALD A. KLAIN, Chief Counsel

DIANA HUFFMAN, Staff Director
JEFFREY J. PECK, General Counsel

TERRY L. WOOTEN, Minority Chief Counsel and Staff Director

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Biden, Chairman Joseph R., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of Delaware

Thurmond, Hon. Strom, a U.S. Senator from the State of South Carolina....... 2, 167

Kennedy, Hon. Edward M., a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts.....

Simpson, Hon. Alan K., a U.S. Senator from the State of Wyoming

DeConcini, Hon. Dennis, a U.S. Senator from the State of Arizona

Grassley, Hon. Charles E., a U.S. Senator from the State of Iowa.....

Specter, Hon. Arlen, a U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania

Leahy, Hon. Patrick J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont.............

Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah

Metzenbaum, Hon. Howard M., a U.S. Senator from the State of Ohio

Kohl, Hon. Herbert, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin.........

TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1990

WITNESS

Hon. Richard L. Thornburgh, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice:

Testimony

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Prepared Statement..............

Letter to Senator Biden, from Bruce C. Navarro, Acting Assistant Attor-

ney General, U.S. Department of Justice, May 4, 1990

Enclosures: Responses to followup questions submitted by:

Senator Biden...

Senator Metzenbaum

Senator DeConcini

Memos from the Office of the Attorney General to Federal

prosecutors:

Senator Grassley

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Letters from the Office of the Attorney General, May 7, 1990, to:

TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1990

WITNESS

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Prepared statement

Hon. Richard L. Thornburgh, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice:

Testimony..............

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Letter to Senator Biden, from Judy L. Whalley, Deputy Assistant Attor-

ney General, June 8, 1990.......

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Letter to Senator Metzenbaum, May 17, 1990.

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Special Report: "Federal Criminal Cases, 1980-87," U.S. Department of

Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics................

Letter to Senator Biden in response to followup questions of the commit-

tee, June 20, 1990..........

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Letters to Hon. Richard L. Thornburgh, Attorney General, U.S. Department

of Justice, from:

Senator DeConcini, July 13, 1989........

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Senator Thurmond, October 26, 1989.

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Enclosure: Letter to Senator Thurmond, from David W. Harwell,

Supreme Court of South Carolina, October 17, 1989

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Letter to Senator Biden, from Judge Thomas W. Tanner, retired chairman,

Louisiana Sentencing Commission, April 3, 1990........

Statement of Judge Thomas W. Tanner, chairman, Louisiana Sentencing

Commission, on the Bureau of Justice Assistance's proposal affecting the

National Structured Sentencing Program

Letter to Kay Knapp, director, Institute for Rational Public Policy, Inc.,
Takoma Park, MD, from Kathleen Bogan, executive director, Oregon Crimi-
nal Justice Council, Portland State University, Portland, OR, March 13,
1990..............

"Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Pro-

gram," fiscal year 1990 discretionary program announcement, U.S. Depart-

ment of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance.....

Appendix A: List of State Offices.....

Appendix B: Application Forms .......

Letter to Senator Biden, from W. Lee Rawls, Assistance Attorney General,

U.S. Department of Justice, January 14, 1991

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