The subcommittee will be in order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Welcome to the first fiscal year 2025 hearing for the subcommittee on commerce, science, justice, and related agencies. Before we get started, i want to think thank chairwoman granger for her years of dedication to this committee and formally congratulate chairman cole on becoming the new chairman of the committee. We look forward to continuing to work with both of them. I will begin by recognizing myself for an opening statement. We want to welcome our witness, the honorable Christopher Wray, director of the federal bureau of investigation, back to this subcommittee. Director wray, who has nearly 30 years of doj and fbi experience, dating back to the late 1990s, has served in his current role since august of 2017. In his capacity as director, the overseas agency of about 35,000 people, including special agents, intelligence analysts, language specialists, scientists, and Info
The subcommittee will be in order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Welcome to the first fiscal year 2025 hearing for the subcommittee on commerce, science, justice, and related agencies. Before we get started, i want to think thank chairwoman granger for her years of dedication to this committee and formally congratulate chairman cole on becoming the new chairman of the committee. We look forward to continuing to work with both of them. I will begin by recognizing myself for an opening statement. We want to welcome our witness, the honorable Christopher Wray, director of the federal bureau of investigation, back to this subcommittee. Director wray, who has nearly 30 years of doj and fbi experience, dating back to the late 1990s, has served in his current role since august of 2017. In his capacity as director, the overseas agency of about 35,000 people, including special agents, intelligence analysts, language specialists, scientists, and Info
The subcommittee will be in order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Welcome to the first fiscal year 2025 hearing for the subcommittee on commerce, science, justice, and related agencies. Before we get started, i want to think thank chairwoman granger for her years of dedication to this committee and formally congratulate chairman cole on becoming the new chairman of the committee. We look forward to continuing to work with both of them. I will begin by recognizing myself for an opening statement. We want to welcome our witness, the honorable Christopher Wray, director of the federal bureau of investigation, back to this subcommittee. Director wray, who has nearly 30 years of doj and fbi experience, dating back to the late 1990s, has served in his current role since august of 2017. In his capacity as director, the overseas agency of about 35,000 people, including special agents, intelligence analysts, language specialists, scientists, and Info
Watching on cspan. Org, as we will take you live to a hearing with fbi director Christopher Wray on the fiscal year 2025 budget request for his agency before a House Appropriations subcommittee. The subcommittee will be in order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Welcome to the first fiscal year 2025 hearing for the subcommittee on commerce, science, justice, and related agencies. Before we get started, i want to think thank chairwoman granger for her years of dedication to this committee and formally congratulate chairman cole on becoming the new chairman of the committee. We look forward to continuing to work with both of them. I will begin by recognizing myself for an opening statement. We want to welcome our witness, the honorable Christopher Wray, director of the federal bureau of investigation, back to this subcommittee. Director wray, who has nearly 30 years of doj and fbi experience, dating back to the late 1990s, has served in his curr
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