Met with the when i was Vice President , they had me go down to Spring Training and it turned out it was the yankees. My head secret Service Agent who now runs Nbcs Security wore red sox socks and he pulled up his pants a little bit so everybody could see him. When arod gave me a bat he told me, he said hes not going to let me put it in the car. Hey, mike. How are you . Good to see you. Spence. All of you. Janet, how are things up in maine . Great, mr. President. Sorry. Am i muted . President biden youre unmuted now. Hi, tim. How are you . I know minnesotas great but it cant be as nice as New Mexico. Anyway. You all are nice to take the time. Its always summer. President biden yeah. Im just waiting for them to tell me when we get going here since were livestreaming this. Youre good. President biden oh, ready to go . Ok. First of all, hi, everybody. Its good im stosed to look over here, not at you guys. We have six governors with us today. Democrats and republicans. Theyre meeting the m
[inaudible conversations] im calling this hearing to order. It is exciting for me that i get to be here with Senator Cotton in their first hearing on the subcommittee on criminal justice and counterterrorism. I want to welcome ranking Member Cotton and all the subcommittee members and thank the witnesses that are here today both in person and a virtual witnesses that we will have as well. Im going to acknowledge in a moment after finish my opening remarks should Senator Grassley show up we will make time for them to give remarks after Senator Cotton gets some. I was asked by one of our Members Senator Klobuchar who really wanted to be here today but she is unfortunately at home attending funeral services of Dante Wright who was shot and killed during a Traffic Stop and she wanted me to express that she would be submitting questions for the record. Right now across the country we are having a review and absolute critical conversation about leasing in america. Im very grateful over the l