Senator Hagerty: Have you been briefed on the Hunter Biden investigation matter yourself?

Garland: The Hunter Biden investigation is being run by, and being supervised by, the United States Attorney for the District of Delaware.

Hagerty: I'm aware of that, but he reports to you.

Garland: He is supervising the investigation, and I'm not at liberty to talk about internal Justice Deparment deliberations. He is in charge of that investigation. There will not be any interference of any political or improper kind.

Hagerty: Are any senior officials in your department being briefed?

Garland: He is the supervisor of this investigation; the normal processes of the department occur, but he is the supervisor of this investigation.

Hagerty: How can the American people be confident that his [Biden's] administration is conducting a serious investigation [of Hunter Biden]?

Garland: Because we put the investigation in the hands of a Trump appointee, from the previous administration, who is the United States Attorney for the district of Delaware, and because you have me, as the attorney general, who is committed to the independence of the Justice Department, from any influence from the White House in criminal matters.

Hagerty: It seems Biden was serving as vice president and running U.S. foreign policy, at the same time that his son, Hunter Biden, was bringing in money from shady foreign business deals, and this was money that was being diverted to benefit Vice President Biden. Do you have any reason to dispute the evidence that indicated Biden was involved with, and using money from Hunter Biden's business deals?

Garland: Following long-standing rule of the Justice Department, we do not discuss investigations, or evidence that may or may not be relevant to investigations. That's a matter for the United States Attorney's office that's investigation the case.

Garland: We have asked for $1.35 billion for our immigration courts, one billion of which is to reduce the immigration court backlog…if we get the additional immigration judges, we will move them to the border; we're already going to be moving them to the border as it is.

Secretary Blinken: We also have to do this in a way that does advance, in my judgement at least, the transition over time to renewables. Because one of the things that's true about renewables, is you can't weaponize the sun, you can't weaponize the wind.