i have a date of september 22nd, 2017, that you became chief-of-staff, is that correct? that is incorrect. when is your first working date as chief-of-staff for attorney general sessions. i started at department of justice on october 4th of 2017. then you became acting attorney general as of november 7th, 2018? the president tweeted that i was going to be the next acting attorney general on november 7th of 2018, the order that i have received from the president has the date of november 8th of 2018. okay. do you have a copy of that order? i do have a copy of that order. can you provide it to the committee, please? i d be happy to. i don t have it with me, though. turning to some other enforcement priorities. on december 22nd, 2017, the department of justice sent a formal request to the essential cruc bureau asking for an addition to the census of a question asking about citizenship status. did attorney general sessions