Judiciary will come to order, without objection the chair is authorized to declare resources of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing and oversight of the department of justice and National Security division. Before we begin with i would like to remind members that we have established an email address and distribution list dedicated to circulating exhibits, motions, and other written materials that they want as part of the hearing today. If you would like to submit materials please send them to the email address that has been previously distributed to the offices, and we. I will now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. National Security Division, or an s day was established was in the department of justice in 2006 with the aim to create counterterrorism and streamline interactions between federal prosecutors, main justice, and the Intelligence Community. The decision operates on the front lines of meteorologist facing our country, including a ris
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s hearing of the Senate Judiciary hearing comes in order. We will hear from christopher wray. His second i promise to restore the traditional oversight will including annual oversight hearings from key agencies in the jurisdiction. There is more to come. You told us that domestic terrorism was, quote, metastasizing across the country and it is not going away soon. Today, 10 years later i am afraid the threat has grown worse. In the decades, violent white supremacist have slaughtered people. They included the Mass Shootings in the manual ame church in 2015. The pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 and a walmart in texas in 2018. A white list supremacist last year, you told the committee that the top domestic terrorist threats continues to be those who are identified as racial extremists, specifically those who advocate for the superiority of the white house. White race. I look forward to hearing from you from the steps the fbi is taking to prove protect communities. Racist acts of terror like i
s hearing of the Senate Judiciary hearing comes in order. We will hear from christopher wray. His second i promise to restore the traditional oversight will including annual oversight hearings from key agencies in the jurisdiction. There is more to come. You told us that domestic terrorism was, quote, metastasizing across the country and it is not going away soon. Today, 10 years later i am afraid the threat has grown worse. In the decades, violent white supremacist have slaughtered people. They included the Mass Shootings in the manual ame church in 2015. The pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 and a walmart in texas in 2018. A white list supremacist last year, you told the committee that the top domestic terrorist threats continues to be those who are identified as racial extremists, specifically those who advocate for the superiority of the white house. White race. I look forward to hearing from you from the steps the fbi is taking to prove protect communities. Racist acts of terror like i