Thank you all. We will bring the hearing to order. Senator white house is on his way and ive been told hes okay with starting with senator klobuchar. The purpose of the hearing is to explore the distinct role of congress and the executive branch respect to conducting investigations and discuss best practices for the integrity of each process. A very incredible panel. Whove been down this road many times. Criminal investigations are designed to find out if a crime was committed and hold somebody responsible. Congress has a broad mandate. Our goal was to shed light on the information that may be highly sick of the conflict not necessarily criminal, adjust policy as needed, change the walls when appropriate, but in a particular circumstance find out what happened. Not as a prosecutor but as a policymaker. The power of congress mr. Rosenberg, one of the leading experts on congressional oversight said in the absence of a countervailing constitutional privilege or selfimposed statutory restr