Today Richard A. Hertling informed the Senate Judicary Committee that Bradley Schlozman would not be able to testify before the Committee on May 15th because Schlozman will be on a previously scheduled vacation.
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The Honorable Patrick Leahy
Chairman
Committee on the Judiciary
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510Dear Mr. Chairman:
This responds to your letter of May 8 inviting Bradley J. Schlozman to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday May 15, at 10:OO A.M.
As I informed your staff and staff for Senator Schumer on May 9, Mr. Schlozman will not be able to testify on that date, as he will be on annual leave the weeks of May 14 and May 21. Additionally, it is our understanding that the Committee plans to inquire into matters handled by Mr. Schlozman when he worked in the Civil Rights Division, in which he has not served for nearly 14 months. Therefore, he will need some time to prepare to answer questions relative to the issues identified in your letter in order to be responsive to the questions Members of the Committee will have for him.
The Department has worked to accommodate the Committee’s scheduling requests and has not only voluntarily made available to the Committee for hearings andlor interviews everyone the Committee has thus far requested but also largely on the Committee’s timetable. In accordance with the Department’s consistent accommodation of the Committee’s requests, Mr. Schlozman will voluntarily appear as a witness before the Committee. As noted above, however, Mr. Schlozman will be on annual leave for the next two weeks. For one of those weeks, he has long-standing plans to be out of town.
Because of his leave and travel plans and the need to prepare for the hearing, Mr. Schlozman is prepared to appear voluntarily to testify at a hearing before the Committee on a mutually convenient date during the first week the Senate returns from the Memorial Day recess, the week of June 4.
We apologize for the delay that Mr. Schlozman’s schedule creates for the Committee’s hearing. We are eager to meet the Committee’s needs, and if we had received a call before the Committee sent its hearing-notice letter, we could have inquired about Mr. Schlozman’s availability and accommodated our mutual scheduling interests prior to the scheduling of the hearing. We look forward to finding a mutually agreeable date on which Mr. Schlozman may testify during the week of June 4.
Please do not hesitate to contact the Department if we can be of assistance in other
matters.Sincerely,
Richard A. Hertling
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General
