Attorney General Pam Bondi

Our federal surges in Washington, D.C.

and Memphis are a perfect example of how the Department of Justice should operate.

We created strong partnerships with local leadership, working hand-in-hand with both cities to send resources where they were needed most.

The results speak for themselves.

We have made more than 3,800 arrests here in Washington while seizing more than 365 illegal guns.

In Memphis, we have already made more than 300 arrests and close to 80 illegal guns in just a week.

We are replicating that tough on crime approach throughout this country.

Under the leadership of Director Kash Patel, the FBI is doing outstanding investigative work to keep American people safe.

The FBI just conducted a months-long operation called Summer Heat, which resulted in over 8,600 arrests from June to September.

More than 6,500 arrests fell under the FBI's violent crime and gang program.

I am not going to discuss any internal conversations with the White House.

Yeah, Chairman, as you shut down the government, you voted to shut down the government, and you're sitting here, our law enforcement officers aren't being paid.

They're out there working to protect you.

I wish you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump.

And currently, the National Guard are on the way to Chicago.

If you're not going to protect your citizens, President Trump will.

Your city has a murder rate five times higher than New York's.

571 homicides last year.

We're there to help make America safe and Illinois safe, whether or not you want to.

I'm not going to discuss any conversations.