Speeches

Good morning. Joining me is Philip Sellinger, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey.

Good morning, everyone.

Thank you, Liz, for your leadership, your commitment to this work, and to your vision. I am grateful to you and the entire team at the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).

Five years ago, Justice Department leadership gathered in this building with U.S. Attorneys and leaders of federal law enforcement agencies to make public their bold vision — an inter-agency effort designed to protect the government — at all levels — from collusive schemes and antitrust crimes.[1] These schemes — these crimes — target government spending on goods and services and do real harm to the public, who fund government and expect to receive the benefit of competition. The vision those leaders articulated five years ago was to join forces—to create a strike force — that leveraged the skills, abilities, resources, and people from each agency in a common effort.

Good morning, and welcome to the third and final day of the 19th Annual Government-to-Government Violence Against Women Tribal Consultation. I want to again begin by offering my deepest gratitude to our hosts, the Pueblo of Pojoaque, and to Governor Roybal, for their generosity in allowing us to gather on their sacred lands. We are truly honored to be here with you all.

Good afternoon. My name is Daniel Glad, and I have the honor of serving as the Director of the Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF). I say honor because it truly has been one, to work alongside fellow enforcers to combat collusion in government procurement. I’m grateful for the opportunity to serve, and I’m grateful that the PCSF is celebrating its fifth anniversary today in the Great Hall of the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington.

Good afternoon, Chairman Simpson, Ranking Member Pingree and Members of the Subcommittee. My name is Daron Carreiro, I am currently serving as the Acting Director of DOJ’s Office of Tribal Justice. Thank you for inviting me here to speak with you today about the Department of Justice’s ongoing work to tackle the missing or murdered Indigenous people crisis and other pressing public safety challenges that continue to disproportionately impact American Indian and Alaska Native communities. It’s an honor to see Chairman Cole here as well.

Good morning, everyone. I hope each of you found rest and renewal last night. As we come together for day two of the 19th Annual Government-to-Government Violence Against Women Tribal Consultation, I want to express my gratitude once again for your participation and dedication. And I also want to thank once again the Pueblo of Poaque for their gracious hospitality in hosting us on their sacred lands.

Good morning. Welcome to the 19th Annual Government-to-Government Violence Against Women Tribal Consultation. First, I want to extend my gratitude to our hosts, the Pueblo of Pojoaque and Governor Roybal, for their warm hospitality in hosting this significant gathering on these sacred Tribal lands.

Thank you so much, Brent. And thank you, Bryan, for your thoughtful words.

Thank you, Liz. It’s really great to be here and to help welcome everyone to this important conference — the first OJJDP national conference in over a decade.

Thank you, Daria, for that introduction. And thank you also to Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke and the Civil Rights Division for putting together this event. This meeting brings together victims, survivors, advocates, and government entities to commemorate the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, one of our most effective laws for combating hate.