Security assessed that the Chinese Government intentionally concealed the severity of the covid19 from the world in early january in order to stockpile january in order to stockpile in order to stockpile medical supplies. Furthermore, the Chinese CommunistParty Government tried to hide its actions by denying there were any export restrictions. They even tried to obscure the lather data so they wouldnt get caught. These acts are outrageous. Even worse, the cia informs intelligence agencies have found evidence that china threaten the World Health Organization to stop cooperating on efforts to 9combat covid19 if the organization declared a Global Health emergency early on. So it was declared enhanced the valuable time lost to fight the virus. This is simply unacceptable behavior. The Chinese Communist party ought to be held accountable fou the countless lives lost around the globe due to the nontransparent aggressive and inhuman behavior. The World Health Organization is comprised of many honorable and dedicated medical professions who believe in the w. H. O. Knows mission. If any of them were privy to what was going on by the Chinese Communist party, they ought to step forward on any misdeeds by organization leadership. Whistleblowers are necessary to prevent corruption with in any institution which is why i have a longstanding of protecting whistleblowers. The world deserves to know what the World Health Organization leaders in new and when they knew it. The evidence is quickly becoming crystal clear, china is t responsible for tremendous suffering worldwide through its lies and active coverup. Telling the truth about the Chinese Communist party does not as some have suggested have any bearing on how we analyze our domestic response. We should learn from democratic countries that have been successful in containing outbreaks like taiwan and south korea. However, going forward, everyone around the world should have their eyes opened about the true nature of the chinese regime. I yield. Madam president . Majority. Leader. The coronavirus pandemic continues to challenge our nation and the sin is here working for the American People. Committees have called leaders like chairman powell to discuss the cares act and the path towards reopening. We are tracking effects of the largest rescue package ever and are considering next steps like strong Legal Protections so that doctors come Small Businesses come schoolteachers and universities do not face a second epidemic of frivolous lawsuits. The senate is also staying atop of other threads that predate covid19. The meddling of putins russia, the brutal Chinese Communist party, rogue states like iran and north korea, Foreign Terrorists such as isis. Two weeks ago we overwhelm the conference and unprecedented leader for a National Security center whom acting dni grinnell has announced will play a central role in briefing candidates and campaigns on foreign threats against our elections. Today, our colleagues on the Intelligence Committee that led by acting chairman rubio will report out the president s thes nominee to be the next director of National Intelligence ear last week we reauthorize the essential tools that are intelligence grenades to defend our homeland, track our enemies and protect americans. But we didnt stop there. Over the last several years we have been painfully reminded that our nation at our liberties are not only threatened from without the fabric of our country is also hurt when tools and capabilities that are meant to keep a safe are abused. In ways that are at best reckless, sloppy, unaccountable, or worse, polluted by political bias. In 2016 the fbi against Donald Trumps campaign for the presidency. Federal Law Enforcement use taxpayer money to scrutinize the Political Campaign in the middle of a democratic election. You wouldve thought such a radical step must have sprung from an airtight justification. Certainly you would think the Outgoing Obama Administration should only have used the awesome power of the federal government to pry into their political rivals if they had a slamdunk basis for doing so. But thats not what they had. In one instance the fbi got permission to surveilled a top associate by telling halftruths, ignoring evidence, and citing sketchy storages like a dossier that had been funded by theth Hillary Clinton campain and the dnc. Heres how even the New York Times explain the recent findings of the justice departments Inspector General. Heres what the New York Times said. The fbi had cherry pick and listed evidence about the trump advisor when seeking permission to wiretap him. That, madam president , was from the New York Times. So an american Citizens Campaign for the american presidency was treated like a hostile foreign power. While all Law Enforcement in part because the democratic led executive branch manipulated documents, he had contrary evidence, and made the dnc funded dossier a launchpad for an investigation. Inspector general counted seven significant inaccuracies and omissions. Heres his report. In which actual assertions relied upon in the fbis fisa application were inaccurate. Incomplete, or unsupported by appropriate documentation based upon information the fbi had in its possession at the time the application was filed. Did you catch that last part . Based upon information the fbi had in its possession at the time the application was filed. So we are either document gross incompetence or intentional bias. Does any senator think its acceptable for any federal warrant application to include seven significant inaccuracies and omissions . But this wasnt just a runofthemill warrant. It was a fisa warrant to snoop on a president ial campaign. This is just ones of the realities of President Trumps democratic critics spent years calling conspiracy theories or inventions of the president s mind. Yet come here it is in black and white from exactly the kind of independent Inspector General the democrats rush to embrace when convenient. Sadly, this was no isolated incident. Just recently attorney general barr has had to take the incredible step of unwinding and doj prosecution of another former trump advisor because the governments case against him was unfair and destroyed him as well. It was large on the basis of these proceedings that democrats in the media spent years 680 on wild theories of russian collusion. But upon investigation, the Mueller Investigation remember that one . It is those wild allegations that collapsed along with the credibility of several of these investigations that helped create the cloud of suspicion in the first place. In the words of our distinguished attorney general, the proper investigative and prosecutorial standards of the department of justice were abused. We saw two different sides of justice emerge. One that apply to President Trump and his associates, and the other that apply to everybody else. We cant allow this to ever happen again. End quote. Thats from the attorney general. Oh, and by the way, as if this debacle didnt even more shocking behavior come understand a federal judge may try to continue prosecuting what of these cases even though the prosecution itself once to drop it. Hi the judge has taken upon itself to go browsing for other hostile parties. Obviously that subverts our Constitutional Order in which the executive alone decides whether to prosecute cases. So look, madam president , no matter what some washington democrats may try to claim come youre not crazy or conspiracy theorist if you see a pattern of institutional unfairness toward this president. You would have to be blind not to see one. You would have to be blind not to see one. All of this is while the Senate Passed important fisa reforms last weeks bill to help bring accountability and transparency into that flawed process. And we are not nearly finished. As soon as possible the full senate will vote on mr. Ratcliffe nomination. The present will have a Senate Confirm dni who can pursue the vital National Security work of our entirely intelligence come and what ensuring the ict is out of politics and out of the papers. And just yesterday chairman graham announced the Judiciary Committee will vote on a serious new set of subpoenas so the senate can hear directly from Key Players Like james comey, andrew mccabe, loretta lynch, and many otherson to continue dating to the bottom of this. So let me say that again. Sending republican to taking steps to issue new subpoenas to a wide varietyic of Obama Administration officials with some relationship to the abuses i just laid out. The American People deserve answers about how such abuses could happen and we intend to get those answers. So, madam president , ive been a strong supporter of Law Enforcement and Intelligence Community during my career. The American People sleep safer because dedicated people are protecting our country and bringing our foes to justice. It is precisely because i support these nations that i feel so strongly this malpractice cannot be tolerated and must never be repeated. Now on another matter, today its my honor to help bidaf farewell to distinguished staff leader who has himself handled sensitive Security Matters with great care and dedication. For more than 30 years this body has function more safely and smoothly because mike was on the clock as director of the office of Senate Security. Mike job is tough to describe. That is partially because long tenured allstars like mike havo a way of carving out their own nich. But its also because his work is literally classified. Mike is been in charge of office of Senate Security almost as long as ive been in the senate. He came on board as acting director in 1987. He took over a brandnew office with incredibly important and sensitive functions. The details are not republican assumption lets say there were two mains. Missions. First, mike has managed modernized and expanded to secure facilities and systems that provide classified information in the capital to senators and committees as we govern the country. He sometimes has been a diplomatic liaison to the executive branch who has been, who has advocated for the senates prerogative and as a skillful manager of people, and logistics, he has mature our secrets stay secret once they arrive here. Second, mike has been one of our top leaders on the security of the senate itself. He helps plan for contingency and guard every facet of our institution, its people and its systems from outside actors and bad intentions. Tall orders even for for a felw graduate of the university of louisville. Consider how much a change in a 37 year since mike first came to the senate and in the 32 years he has held this job. Major wars, terrorist strikes os homeland, anthrax in the hart building, countless technological advances that make hisal tasks radically more complex. Imagine guarding some of the nations most closely held secrets, planning for possible attacks on the institution, being unanimously described by your colleagues as calm cool and even keel. And mike is no cheap people pleaser. His duties dont permit it. When you see mike outside his secure facility and heading our way, it does mean it does not mean a social call. It means bad news and you Better Believe the stoic sentinel has to say a no a lot more than yes. Just doing the job half as reliably and reassuringly as mike is a Herculean Task by itself. But then factor in the fact that is also one of the most personally wellliked and respected colleagues among the circle of folks that he has worked with. His reputation extends far outside the senate. I have it on Good Authority would secretary of defense esper who served as National Security adviser to a former majority leader comes to the Senate Security two to brick fest mem, he doesnt consider his visit complete until you stop and mikes office to check on his old colleague. But a lot of the outside his luck lexical most people in the senate probably could not pick mike out of a lineup. I guess when everything you work everything you work on a strictly need to know, you wind up on you need to know basis yourself. Even mikes own teammates describe his approach as somewhat stealth like. In short, even to his beloved senate, mike has remained somewhat mysterious. Its definitely a good sign for all of us that is never become a household n name. But for some careful intelligence work on her own has turned up clues about mike ds next assignment. His wellearned retirement will bring more hikes, more long runs, a lot more golf, and more time with the family he treasures. He may miss his colleagues and the importance of his job but i dont think tears will be shed for the end of those aerobically long commutes on i95 which took place at all hours day and night whenever duty called. I can offer mike i cant offer mike in higher price than to repeat what he actually already knows. The said it has been safe and secure for more than a generation because of you. Decades of senders centers havn the information we need because of you. Some people spend their whole career wondering if it made a difference. You have not needed to ask that for almost 40 years, and you will never need to ask it again. So, mike, were going to miss you but old habits die hard and we simply are not willing to sever all ties so this morning the senate will officially designate mike as Senate Securities director emeritus. The officers first ever director will become its first ever director emeritus. But dont worry, mike, your new Job Description will just be a little. Bit lighter. I hope the bigge