You as director of the federal bureau of investigation. Once again, thank you for being here today and we look forward to your testimony and answer to our questions. You may begin. Chairman. Ou, mr. Senator feinstein, members of the committee, thank you for having this annual oversight hearing about the fbi. I know that sound a little bit like someone saying theyre looking forward to going to the dentist, but i really do mean t mean it. I think oversight of the fbi of all parts of government, but especially the one im lucky enough to lead is essential i think it was john adams when wrote to Thomas Jefferson that power always thinks it has a great soul. The way you guard against that is having people ask hard questions. Ask good questions and demand straightforward answers and i , promise you ill do my absolute best to give you that kind of answer today. I also appreciate the conversation i know were going to have today, and over the next few months about reauthorizing , section 702 of
Today, first of all, i should say welcome to everybody, particularly our former colleague and our nominee and all of the families and friends and other citizens here for a very important nominee hearing. Youre welcome. The committee is considering, as you know, the nomination of Christopher Wray to be the eighth director of the federal bureau of investigation. Mr. Wray, congratulations to you and your family on your nomination. This is an important day for you, your family and most importantly, this is an important day for the country considering the importance of the fbi and Law Enforcement in america. I welcome you, mr. Wray and your family, to the committee. The Ranking Member and i will give Opening Statements and then senator nunn will introduce the nominee. Mr. Wray will then give his Opening Statement and introduce anybody that he wants to thats here to support him and people that arent here supporting him, as well and after his Opening Statement, we will turn to questions. As a
Today, first of all i should say welcome to everybody. Particularly our former colleague and nominee and all of the families and friends and other citizens here for a very important nominee hearing. Youre welcome. The committee is considering, as you know, the nomination of Christopher Wray to be the interactive the fbi. Congratulations to you and your family on your nomination. This is an important day for you, your family and most importantly, this is an important day for the country considering the importance of the fbi and Law Enforcement in america. I welcome you, mr. Wray and your family to the committee. The Ranking Member and i will give Opening Statements. Then a senator will introduce the nominee. Mr. Wray will then give his Opening Statement and introduce anybody that he wants to support him and people that are not here supporting him as well. And then after his Opening Statement we will turn to questions. As an accommodation to the minorities request, we will have 10 minute
Today, first of all, i should say welcome to everybody, particularly our former colleague and our nominee and all of the families and friends and other citizens here for a very important nominee hearing. Youre welcome. The committee is considering, as you know, the nomination of Christopher Wray to be the eighth director of the federal bureau of investigation. Mr. Wray, congratulations to you and your family on your nomination. This is an important day for you, your family and most importantly, this is an important day for the country considering the importance of the fbi and Law Enforcement in america. I welcome you, mr. Wray and your family, to the committee. The Ranking Member and i will give Opening Statements and then senator nunn will introduce the nominee. Mr. Wray will then give his Opening Statement and introduce anybody that he wants to thats here to support him and people that arent here supporting him, as well and after his Opening Statement, we will turn to questions. As a
Today, first of all, i should say welcome to everybody, particularly our former colleague and our nominee and all of the families and friends and other citizens here for a very important nominee hearing. Youre welcome. The committee is considering, as you know, the nomination of Christopher Wray to be the eighth director of the federal bureau of investigation. Mr. Wray, congratulations to you and your family on your nomination. This is an important day for you, your family and most importantly, this is an important day for the country considering the importance of the fbi and Law Enforcement in america. I welcome you, mr. Wray and your family, to the committee. The Ranking Member and i will give Opening Statements and then senator nunn will introduce the nominee. Mr. Wray will then give his Opening Statement and introduce anybody that he wants to thats here to support him and people that arent here supporting him, as well and after his Opening Statement, we will turn to questions. As a