Janet Reno
Janet Reno
Janet Wood Renoserved as the Attorney General of the United States, from 1993 to 2001. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on February 11, 1993, and confirmed on March 11, 1993. She was the first woman to serve as Attorney General and the second longest serving Attorney General after William Wirt...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 July 1938
CityMiami, FL
CountryUnited States of America
enforce firm
We are going to try to enforce it in a way that is fair, firm and prompt.
balance crime effective juvenile measures prevent reduce tough
The only effective way to reduce and prevent juvenile crime is to balance tough enforcement measures with targeted, effective and intervention initiatives.
best evidence pursue
What I try to do is take the evidence and pursue it the best way I know how,
came child order people regret turn
What I regret more than anything else is that people didn't just turn the child over when the order came down.
basis carefully federal instance whether
We would have to look at each instance to see whether there was any basis for concluding that there was a federal violation, and do it fairly, do it carefully and do it with dispatch,
continue develop domestic efforts means providing spread treatment
We want to continue the efforts against domestic violence and spread the drug courts, and develop real effective means of providing treatment for drug abusers without having to have them arrested.
adopt country grip gun guns measures serious until violence
We are never going to get a serious grip on gun violence in this country until we adopt comprehensive measures to keep guns away from those who should not have them,
committee damage giving grand information jury offered short
I've offered everything short of giving the committee grand jury information and information which would damage the investigation,
appear hate motivated
These shootings appear to have been motivated by hate,
bill conference months nine people simply
The (Senate) bill has languished in conference for nine months while over 20,000 people have been killed by gunfire in America. That's just simply plain, outrageously wrong,
authority
I don't think I had the authority to go the other way.
disagree express matters number obvious opinions
I didn't express any matters, opinions on any matters of substance. I think it's obvious that we disagree on a number of issues.
cheated
cheated the elderly, the retired, the disabled, and the unwary.
agreement cite committee department despite hope reach sincerely voted
Despite our efforts, the committee has voted to cite me with contempt. ... I sincerely hope the (Justice) Department can reach agreement with the committee,