we will follow your example, director mueller. we will act with integrity. we will follow the facts where they lead. we will consider all appropriate remedies. we will make our recommendation to the house when our work concludes. we will do this work, because there must be accountability to the conduct described in your report, especially as it relates to the president. thank you, again, director mueller, we look forward to your testimony. it is now my pleasure to recognize the ranking member of the judiciary committee, the gentleman from georgia mr. collins for his opening statement. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. mueller, for being here. for two years, leading up to the release of the mueller report and in the three months since, americans were first told what to expect and then what to believe. collusion we were told was in plain sight, even if the special counsel s team doesn t find it. when mr. mueller produced his report and attorney general bill