Cory Booker: “I sent a letter to the DOJ signed by 30 of my colleagues…”

“They have not given a justification. I've asked in open hearings, why did you cut this funding for approved grants to states like New Jersey? No justification. I sent a letter to the DOJ signed by 30 of my colleagues, demanding information about what happened and that they reinstate all grants that had been rescinded. And no action and no response. And yet today we want to move forward with needed grant programs to protect police officers. But that money won't go to New York.” (16:25–16:35)

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