Congressman Glenn Thompson of pennsylvania chairs the house Agriculture Committee. The Committee Comes to order and thank you for joining the meeting, the dangers china imposes to the department of agriculture. After brief opening remarks well hear from witnesses and the hearing then will be open to questions. Traditionally we dont do questions with panels of our colleagues. I know the governor was interested in taking a few questions. Timewise, im not sure well be able to do a full fiveminute round with the governor. And the second panel will be five minutes questions as normal. So good morning and thanks to all for being here for a timely and necessary conversation about threats china poses to american agriculture. The peoples republic of china, governed by the Chinese Communist party, which is where the strike comes from, it doesnt come from individuals. This is imposed basically where were looking at, lynx to the Chinese Communist party, has gone out of its way to reduce reliance o
Congressman Glenn Thompson of pennsylvania chairs the house Agriculture Committee. The Committee Comes to order and thank you for joining the meeting, the dangers china imposes to the department of agriculture. After brief opening remarks well hear from witnesses and the hearing then will be open to questions. Traditionally we dont do questions with panels of our colleagues. I know the governor was interested in taking a few questions. Timewise, im not sure well be able to do a full fiveminute round with the governor. And the second panel will be five minutes questions as normal. So good morning and thanks to all for being here for a timely and necessary conversation about threats china poses to american agriculture. The peoples republic of china, governed by the Chinese Communist party, which is where the strike comes from, it doesnt come from individuals. This is imposed basically where were looking at, lynx to the Chinese Communist party, has gone out of its way to reduce reliance o
Thank you. [applause] how lucky are we . I think i may be the first moderator in this programs history who has the joy of saying that she has the joy of being on this panel. So im going to try to make you proud. Heres what we are going to do. We will take a walk through their history and perspective from the tenures to see if we cant bounce back and forth. First question for each of you. Can you look at us when you address us back yes sir. [laughter] i love that. The first question for each of you what i is the greatest threr issue that consumed your tenure and what do you see the greatest threat or issue facing the nation today from the security perspective . Its one of the challenges that i had when i was the director. It did not highlight just what the cia did for so many years to keep this country safe, so that consumed a lot of my time and i think there was a lot of partisanship that went into that. One of the challenges i faced in this administration is facing is there are so man
And general michael hayden, the honorable porter goss and the honorable judge webster. Thank you. [applause] ms. Gordon how lucky are we . I think i may be the first moderator in this programs history who has the joy of saying that she worked for everybody that was on the panel. [laughter] gentlemen, im going to try to make you proud. This is remarkable. Here is what we are going to do, take a little bit of a romp through their histories and perspectives from their 10 years tenures, and comment on the issues of today and then see if we can bounce back and forth. Can you look at us when you address us . Ms. Gordon yes, sir. [laughter] ms. Gordon i love that. We are getting it back echo. Ms. Gordon i love that. First question for each of you, what was the greatest threat or issue that consumed your tenure, and what do you see is the greatest issue or threat facing the nation today from a security perspective . John, you get to go first. Congress is an answer . [laughter] ms. Gordon we wi
At the same place at the same time, speaking on the record. I would like to welcome to the stage our moderator, Principal Deputy director of national intelligence, the honorable sue gordon along with the honorable john brennan, the honorable general michael hayden, the honorable porter goss and the honorable judge webster. Thank you. [applause] how lucky are we . I think i may be the first moderator in this programs history who has the joy of saying that she has the joy of being on this panel. So im going to try to make you proud. Heres what we are going to do. We will take a walk through their history and perspective from the tenures to see if we cant bounce back and forth. First question for each of you. Can you look at us when you address us back yes sir. [laughter] i love that. The first question for each of you what i is the greatest threr issue that consumed your tenure and what do you see the greatest threat or issue facing the nation today from the security perspective . Its on