Attorney General Pam Bondi faced questions Tuesday from both Senators from Texas who sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Senator Ted Cruz opened his questioning with compliments for the Attorney General's efforts to reduce crime nationwide.
"Our families are safer because you are returning the Department of Justice to its core function which is enforcing the law and locking up bad guys," Senator Cruz said.
Senator John Cornyn used the opportunity to put the blame of the ongoing government shutdown on Democrats.
"Do you find it somewhat inconsistent that our democratic colleagues claim to support law enforcement, and the rule of law, but yet they vote to deny those same individuals the pay which they've earned," Senator Cornyn asked of Bondi.
Bondi, however, was not greeted with praise from everyone on the panel.
Senators Dick Durbin and Adam Schiff were among democrats who grilled Bondi over issues ranging from the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey and the Texas National Guard deployment to the Chicago area.