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
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in our nation? absolutely. more.dn t agree and it is a testament to congress for creating the inspector general. and this is why we have your office and inspector general to provide an independent assessment of the facts that is not beholden to any particular partisaned agenda. chris wray said that the fbi accepts the report she findings and embraces the need for thoughtful meaningful action. and let me express my please, to you and to director wray for being guided by the facts rather than some b of the moreless breathless conspiracy theories. and your report found that the fbi hador an authorized purpose when itan opened its investigatn into whether individuals associated with the campaign withined coordinating with the russian government broad efforts to interfere in our election. and do you stachb by thyou stan