Thank you very much. Thank you for the kind introduction, mr. Speaker. Lieutenant governor duncan, speaker ralston, mayor bottoms, governor and mrs. Deal, president pro tem miller, speaker pro tem jones, and members of the General Assembly. Constitutional officers, members of the judiciary, members of the consular core and my fellow georgians. During my first state of the state speech i talked about a wise builder who put his house on a sure foundation. The rain and the winds came, the floodwaters rose, but the house stood firm. I tipped my hat to governor deal and those lawmakers that came before me. Those who poured the concrete and laid the footings. Hard working georgians who left this place better than they full count found it. One year ago i urged those in this room, this historic space, to join me in building a safer, stronger, and more prosperous state. A state where Small Businesses are empowered to grow, invest, and thrive. Where government is responsive and effective. A stat
Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you yall very much. Thank you very much. Thank you for the kind introduction, mr. Speaker. Lieutenant governor duncan, speaker ralston, mayor bottoms, governor and mrs. Deel, president pro tem miller, speaker pro tem jones and members of the general assembly. Constitutional officers, member, of the judiciary, members of the consular core, and my former georgians. During my first state of the state speech, i talked about a wise builder who put his house on a shore foundation. The rain and the winds came, the floodwaters ros s rose, but the stood firm. I tip my hat to governor deal and those lawmakers before me. Those who poured the concrete and laid the footers. Hard working georgians who left this place better than they found one year ago i urged those in this room, in this historic space, to join me in building a safer, stronger, and more prosperous state. A state where Small Businesses are empowered to grow, invest, and thrive, where government i
The hearing will come to order. Director wray, appreciate you coming over. Try to get you out of here by 1 00. You have an agency to run. Well do seven minute rounds. If theres cleanup, well try to accommodate. Briefly, the oversight hearing comes at an important time. Even though theres no evidence the russians changed the tally of the 2016 election, i think they exceeded their wildest expectations in terms of interfering with the 2016 election. I think all of us are interested in what to do to make sure it doesnt happen in 2020. I am very interested in what china is doing, section 2015 authorities are about to expire. I want to hear from the director what that means to the country. We have a fisa warrant investigation coming soon, a problem with media leaks at the fbi. Having said all that, it has been a difficult time for the fbi. Lets not let a few bad actors taint a great organization. Before we start, we appreciate what you do. Without their service, this country would be a dange
The oversight committee. He address Election Security and fbis response to domestic terrorism and white supremacist violence and other topics are chinese espionage and threats from an official. This is just under three hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] come to order we appreciate you coming over director ray we will try to get out of here by 1 00 oclock you have an agency to run and if there is any cleanup we will try to accommodate. Very briefly the oversight hearing comes at an important time even though there is no evidence the russians change the tally of the 2016 election they exceeded their wildest expectations or interfere with the 2016 elections. All of us are very interested in what we can do to make sure this doesnt happen again in 2020 and after what china is doing section 2015 authorities are about to expire to hear from the director what that means to the country with a pfizer warrant investigation we that is coming also media leaks at the fbi. Hav
[cheers and applause] thank you, mr. Speaker. Thank you all very much. [applause] thank you all very much. Thank you, mr. Speaker for those kinds words. I appreciate the recognition, its hon inhour to be here. Lieutenant governor jones, speaker burns. President prokem kennedy, members of the General Assembly, constitutional officers, members of the Public Service commission, mayor dickens, members of the judiciary, members of the counselor core and my fellow georgians. Later this year the people fulfill civic duty. They will chose who occupy the seats of service and they will determine what course america takes in the years to come. As they have in years past, when they go to the ballot box, theyll see a stark difference between georgia and our nations capitol. Theyll see what weve achieved together at the state level to make georgia an even greater place to live, work and raise a family. And theyll see the hardshipships washington, d. C. Has brought in every home and placed in Kitchen