Thank you. Ill just conclude. Any comments or questions that went unasked, please if you could provide those answers. Just to speak to it, the idea of a goal that we developed with the napa bill and also the g7 at the w. H. O. Assembly isnt that its to sharpen the mind into marshal resources, as you know. Thats why at asr, were on the right path to either achieve it or come close, and even coming close will be an achievement. I do dr. Mohs, you make the point to develop truly effective ways to treat and delay on sets will require many studies, potential medicines, patient assistant technologies and a combination of approaches. We are doing that, right, or are we lagging in any of those areas . We are doing it. I think it could be done a little faster. The scientific uncertainty is still great and so the only way to tackle that is to accumulate knowledge as fast as you can and that requires how many compounds are being tested i think the last we checked there were about 30 something in phase three and in the 60 range in phase two and usually companies dont report earlier than that because its so iffy its hardly worth reporting. Theres a lot. And that doesnt even take into account all the little labs and so forth around the world, but on problems like this you need a lot of ideas, you need a lot of studies to help resolve the uncertainty about those ideas and the communication from different laboratories to each other so they dont repeat and follow up on unpromising areas is very important. I want to thank you again for your leadership, for being here today. And helping to inform this subcommittee. And i thank you again. Hearings adjourned. Youre right. I didnt see that coming. Were live on capitol hill for remarks from Deputy Attorney general rod rosen stien. He will be testifying today before the House Judiciary Committee about Robert Muellers investigation of russias investigation into the elections. This is live coverage on cspan 3. We expect it to start in just a moment. Related to the handling of the clinton email investigation and other events surrounding the 2016 election. These are some of the important issues on which we will focus our energy and questions today. We want to understand your participation and the departments involvement in addressing both investigations. Mr. Deputy attorney general, the department of justices reputation as an impartial arbiter of justice has been called into question. While we continue to call on you to appoint a Second Special counsel as you are aware, we have opened our own joint investigation with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to review fbi and the department of justices handling of the clinton email investigation. I want to thank you and attorney general sessions for recently committing to enable robust congressional oversight of this matter. I implore you to continue to work with us on these and other important matters facing our nation. The section 702 this committee passed on an overwhelming bipartisan basis the usa liberty act, which maintains the integrity of the program while protecting cherished Civil Liberties. This vote occurred despite the lobbying efforts against our bill. The usa liberty act was characterize d as bad for the program, highly problematic, unworkable and a proposal that would effectively dismantle section 702. However, the reality is that this committees legislation struck a blansz that promosts Civil Liberties. I hope to hear from you why the department of justice felt it necessary to oppose a bill to reauthorize 702 and instill confidence in the American People that their privacy and Civil Liberties are respected by a government whose duties to protect them. The department of justice must reacquire the trust of the American People. I know there are thousands of department of justice employees and line agents in the department in the bureau. Are dedicated to upholding the rule of law. And i hope we can come to a conclusion about those people who have not met that standard in this hearing today. Thank you, mr. Deputy attorney general for appearing today. I yield to the gentleman from new york, the Ranking Member for his comments. Thank you. Let me wholly endorse the comments of the chairman with section 702 and the legislation that we reported out of this committee. And i want to acknowledge a letter we received from the Democratic Women of this committee. Our colleagues have written to ask we convene a hearing regarding the allegations of Sexual Harassment and misconduct levelled against President Trump by at least 19 women. Without objection, i ask that this letter be made part of the record. Without objection. I unequivocally endorse this letter. We should convene this hearing as soon as possible. This is an opportunity for us to lead and show the country this kind of behavior is unaccept isable at any level of government. Mr. Chairman, let me start by saying welcome to the committee. For the better part of a year, my colleagues have implored this committee to conduct real oversight of the department of justice. January 24th, 2017, we wrote the chairman insisting that the committee hold hearings that President Trumps con applicants of interests. Citing to experts across the spectrum, the administrations attempts to address this ongoing conflicts of interest are so far wholly inadequate. We have not held a single hearing on the question of conflicts of interest. On march 8th, we wrote again to the chairman encouraging him to call hearings on, quote, russias interference in the u. S. Election. No such hearings were ever held. This committee, which held the Obama Committee held dozens of hearings, you see testimony from comey in three months and resource s s to a benghazi investigation that cost the public 8 million. This committee from Inauguration Day was silent in terms of oversight. We havent lifted a finger on election security. Sessions told us on november 14th that he has done nothing to secure the next election from threats from at home and abroad. We have not once discussed the president s abuse of the pardon power or the hurricane in houston, President Trump sidelined the office of the pardon attorney to pardon a human rights abusers who bragged about running a concentration camp in arizona. We have not held a single hearing on allegations on obstruction of justice. Not for lack of evidence, but for the words, theres a special council in place examining the issue and several other congressional committees are looking into the matter and does not have the time to conduct this critical oversight. I ask to keep those excuses in mind. Now with the year come ing ing close, the leadership of the department of justice finally before us went to my republican colleagues want to discuss . Hillary clintons emails. Let me repeat that. With all of these unresolved issues left on our docket, a week before we adjourn for the calendar year, the highest priority is Hillary Clintons emails and a few related Text Messages. As we saw in our recent hearings, my republican colleagues seem focused on their call for a Second Special counsel on the need to investigate the investigators themselves. The white house has joined the call for a new special counsel to investigate the fbi. The president s private lawyers have done the same. I understand the instinct to want to change the subject after the flynn and manafort indictments, but this request is grossly misguided for a number of reasons. First, it shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how the special counsel regulations work. Some criminal investigations pose a conflict of interest for the department of justice. The russia investigation is such a case. Because of the attorney generals ongoing recusal and because Department Leadership assisted in the removal of director comey among other reasons. Cases like these the attorney general may use a special counsel to manage the investigation outside of the ordinary chain of command. The key is the criminal investigation. Thats what special counsel does. The department cannot assign things that bother the white house. There has to be enough evidence in the first place. Then and only then if the facts warrant and a special counsel be assigned to the case. So far, theres been no credible factual legal claim that anybody at the department of justice violated any law by deciding not to bring charges against Hillary Clinton or by attempting to meet with gps. In other words, theres no investigation to which the department can assign a new special counsel. Second, a list of grievances raised by the majority of review by special counsel seems widely off the mark. For example, theres nothing unlawful about director comeys sitting down to draft a statement about the clinton investigation. Nor would it have been unethical to outline conclusions before it was over if the clear weight of the evidence pointed in one direction. Nor is there anything wrong with fbi agents expressing political views via private text message. As appeared to have done in the 375 Text Messages we received last night. In fact, the department of regulations expressed the permit that sort of private communication. I reviewed those Text Messages and i left with two thoughts. First, did not say anything about donald trump that the majority of americans werent also thinking at the same time. Second n a testament to his integrity and situational awareness, the office of the Inspector General made mueller aware of the exchanges and removed from his team. To the extent that we are engaged in oversight of bias at the fbi, this committee should examine evidence of a coordinated effort by some agents involved in the clinton investigation to change the course of the campaign in favor of President Trump by leaking Sensitive Information to the public and by threatening to leak Additional Information about new emails after the investigation was closed. On monday Ranking Member cummings and i sent a let tore the department asking for additional materials related to these leaks as well as to the claims that these efforts may have been coordinated with former mayor giuliani. Third, the president s call for an investigation of the investigation is, at best, widely dangerous to our Democratic Institutions. The president s old lock her up cheer seems quaint after a couple guilty pleas by trump associates. As former attorney general no fan of Hillary Clinton has said, the president s continued threats to prosecute his political opponents is something we dont do here. If the president were to carry out his threat, quote, it would be like a banana republic. Finally and most important, this investigation into the investigation can nod credibly be a priority for this committee at this time. I understand the instinct to want to give cover to the president. Im fearful that the majoritys effort to turn the tables on the special counsel will get louder and more frantic as the walls continue to close in around the president. But this committee has a job to do. President trump has engaged in a persistent and dangerous effort to discredit both the free press and the department of justice. These are the agencies and institutions under our jurisdiction. Every minute that our majority wastes on covering for President Trump is a minute lost on finding a solution for the dreamers or curving a vicious spike in hate crimes or preventing dangerous individuals from purchasing firearms or stopping the president from further damaging the constitutional order. I hope my colleagues will use todays hearing as an opportunity to find their way back to the true work of the House Judiciary Committee. I thank the chairman and i yield back the balance of my time. We welcome our distinguished witness. If youd please rise, well begin by swearing you in. Do you swear that the testimony youre about to give shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god . Thank you, let the record show the witness answered in the affirmative. Mr. Rod rose b stien was sworn in as the attorney general in 2017 by Jeff Sessions. He has had a distinguished career in public service. He began his legal career in the Public Integrity section of the department of Justice Criminal Division and served as counsel to the Deputy Attorney general and assistant attorney general for the tax division. Until his appointment by President Trump, he served for 12 years as the states attorney for the district of maryland. He holds a bachelors degree of economics from the war on to school and jd from harvard law school. Your written statement will be entered into the record in its entirety and we ask you summarize your testimony in five minutes. Welcome, were pleased to have you here. Chairman, Ranking Member, members of the committee, i want to thank you for this opportunity to testify as part of your oversight of the department of justice. I appreciate your support and concern of the department of justice. I know several of you are alumni of the department. Two, in fact, served alongside me as United States attorneys and im very grateful for the opportunity to be with you today. As Deputy Attorney general, my job is to help the attorney general to manage our departments components, including seven main justice litigating division, 94 u. S. Attorneys offices, federal b bureau of investigation, Drug Enforcement administration, bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives, the marshal service, office of justice programs, federal bureau of prisons, office of Inspector General, and many others. Our department includes over 115,000 employees and tens of thousands of contractors stationed in every state ander toir and in many foreign nations. We prevent terrorism and Violent Crime, illegal drug distribution, fraud, corruption, child abuse, civil rights violations, and counselless other threats to the American People. We enforce tax law, antitrust laws and environmental laws. We represent the United States in the Supreme Court, courts of appeal and the District Courts and in state and territorial courts. We protect federal judges, manage federal prison, review parole applications, assist travel governments and adjudicate immigration cases. E we provide legal advice to the president and to every federal agency. We implement Grant Programs and support Law Enforcement. We combat waste, fraud and other misconduct involving employees and contractors. We resolve foreign claims and represent our government in International Law enforcement forms. We collect and analyze Law Enforcement data and we perform countless other important functions for the American People. The department of justice employees are united by a shared understanding that our mission is to pursue justice, protect public safety, preserve government property, defend civil rights and promote the rule of law. The mission attracted me to Law Enforcement, but the people who carry out that mission are what i treasure most about my job. Theres very few exceptions. Americas federal, state and local Law Enforcement agencies are more professional today than ever. Rigorous scrutiny by internal Affairs Offices and external oversight agencies has resulted in increased accountability and higher standards. Wrong doing occurs, we are more likely to discover it and we remedy it. Thats critical to building and maintaining Public Confidence. Over the past eight months, i have spoken with thousands of Department Employees around the country. I remind them justice is not only our name. Justice is our mission. Justice requires a fair and impartial process. Thats why we have a special responsibility to follow ethical and professional standards. In 1941, attorney general Robert Jackson said that the citizens safety lies in the prosecutor who tempers zeal with human kindness, seeks truth and not victims, serves the law, not factional purposes, and approaches the task with humility. Under the leadership of attorney general Jeff Sessions and an experienced team appointed by President Trump, the department of justice is working tirelessly to protect american citizens and to uphold the rule of law. Today i look forward to discussing some of our departments important work. Following the manual and the example set by past departm