the committee will come to order. thank you, mr. chairman. director, i have to say for me it s sad to see an ongoing and desperate attempt to please the impeached president that some are continuing to malign the extraordinary men and women of the fbi. i want to begin by saying thank you to you for your extraordinary service to our country and to the brave men and women of the fbi. the survival of our democracy is directly dependent on our ability to protect the integrity of our elections. it s clear the american people get to decide who will lead the country, not a foreign power. i hear regularly about what is being done to secure the 2020 election. you said, director, back in december that russia represents the most significant threat to the election cycle itself. is that still your assessment? yes, it is. would you just describe what steps the bureau has taken to investigate, deter and counter russian and other foreign government attempts to interfere in our elections
the committee will come to order. representative: for me, it s sad to see in an ongoing and desperate attempt to plea to the impeached president that someone is trying to malign the extraordinary people of the f.b.i. who serve the american people with honor. thank you for your service to our country and the brave men and women of the f.b.i. on that score, the survival of our democracy is directly dependent on the ability to protect the integrity of our elections particularly from foreign interference. so it s clear that the american people get to decide who will lead this country, not some foreign power. i hear from my constituents regularly about what regularly is being done to secure the 2020 election. you said, director, back in december that russia represents the most significant threat to the election cycle itself. my first question, is that still your assessment? dir. wray: yes, it is. representative: would you describe what steps the bureau has taken to investigate
the committee will come to order. mr. cicilline. thank, you mister chairman. thank, you director. at the same for me it s sad to see an ongoing and desperate attempt to please the impeached president that some are continuing to maligned extraordinary men and women of the fbi who served, so i want to begin my comments by saying thank you for extraordinary service to our country into the brave men and women of the fbi and on that score, the survival of our democracy is directly dependent on our ability to protect the integrity of our elections, particularly from foreign interference and so then it s clear that the american people get to decide who will lead this country and not some foreign power of snow like from my constituents regularly about what is being done to secure the 2020 election and you said, director, back in december that russia represents the most significant threat to the election cycle itself. my question, is that still yourself mint? yes, it is. will yo
the committee on the judiciary will come to order. we welcome everyone to this morning s hearing and oversight of the fbi. we will recognize that i will not recognize myself an opening statement. thank you, director, for being here. nearly every topic we discussed will be linked to two questions. how is fbi working the bureau working to correct its course? the fbi is filled with brave devoted public servants who work hard to keep us safe from threats, both domestic and foreign. it is clear more work needs to be done to shore up public confidence in the bureau. the fbi s jurisdiction is brought part the fbi is responsible for election security, our fight against domestic terrorism and oversight of our public servants. i would like to talk about each of these in a bit more detail. we are heading toward the 2020 elections. there is nothing more important than ensuring that each and every american is confident that the integrity of his or her vote. he recently stated, russi
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