WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham issued the following press release:

During today's hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) questioned Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel on Graham's legislation to create a Violent Criminal Offender Database, known as Logan's Law (https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=83EB6F04-779D-48FC-8356-4E8642569D78).

Graham introduced Logan's Law in response to the murder of Logan Federico at the hands of a violent repeat offender in Columbia, South Carolina. The bill seeks to shine a light on judges and prosecutors who fail to adequat...