I want to tone things down a little bit here and First Express my gratitude for the thousands of men and women who work every day on the front line with the fbi. I come from a background as a prosecutor and our local Law Enforcement work with the fbi every day in our local office in minnesota, and then in the senate, ive had the privilege to work with many, many people in the fbi. And i think the Inspector General hes job is incredibly important. He keeps everyone honest. But i do think this it is important for those t agents an those in Law Enforcement that are watching today that people understand there are people up here that understand that you are simply doing your jobs. Which i think is basically some recommendations Foric Change Wh the Inspector General found in this report. So before iis start my question
i think that it is important to put this discussion in context in the 2016 election which is why we are here today. It is nowe undisputed by our Intelligence Agencies that rus
campaign otofficial? fisa we found he existed was the one we ve written about heree as to carter page. so within the broader context of b the investigation and the outcome, iti just thought it wa worth repeating that the mueller investigation produced 37 indictments, guilty pleaspr and convictions and none of those are called into question by your report. is that correct?es we don t address those at all. s so one point with some bipartisan agreement today, one of the other points i ve heard withe bipartisan agreement, is renewed interest in reforming the gfisa process. and side welcome suggestions from directory wray to ensure that the errors that we saw here in the page process don t happen again while ensuring the fbi has the sports it need to the protect our nation. i fully accept your specific recommendations but i think that congressk should also consider reforms to safe guard civil