Id like to call the hearing to order. I want to welcome our witness today. David glouwy. Glawe. President trumps nominee to be the next undersecretary or the intelligence and analysis of the department of Homeland Security. David, congratulations on your nomination. Id like to take a moment to recognize the sizable family contingent you have behind you today. And thank your husband perry of for his unwavering support. I think its also important to pay tribute and thanks thank you or your family for the honorable government service. Perry is a supervisory special agent at the fbi. Your father jim glawe served in the korean war. Your brother in law gerald se lanas served in desert storm and your sister works at the v. A. I thank you for your service to your country and your dedication and selfless service. Our goal in conducting this hearing is to enable the committee to consider mr. Glawes qualifications and to allow for a thoughtful deliberation by our members. Hes already provided written responses to more than 80 questions presented by the committee and its members. Today of course members will be able to ask additional questions of the nominee. David, let me just warn you, when you see nobody beside mark and i, this is a good thing for a nominee. David comes to us with more than 24 years of National Security in Law Enforcement experience. He began his career as a Houston Police officer before serving as a federal agent with the u. S. Postal Inspection Service and as a special agent with the fbi. In 2012, mr. Glawe was named the Deputy National intelligence manager for threat and finance and transnational organized crime before serving as the chief Intelligence Officer for the United States custom Border Protection office of intelligence. Mr. Glawe is supporting the National Security council as a special assistant to the president. You have been asked to lead the department of Homeland Securitys intelligence and analytics component at a time when we are facing complex, evolving and continuous threats to the homeland. The Intelligence Community is traitzing threats from is tracing threats from state and nonstate actors to our Critical Infrastructure and we continue to debate the scope and scale of our u. S. Intelligence collection and legal authorities. I expect youll be a forceful advocate for the Intelligence Community in those discussions while maintaining a steadfast respect for the rule of law. As i mentioned to prior nominees before this committee, i can assure you that the Senate Intelligence committee will continue to faithfully follow its charter and conduct vigorous and realtime oversight over every Intelligence Community entity. Its operations and its activities. Well ask difficult and probing questions of you and your staff and we expect honest, complete and timely responses. Your Law Enforcement and intelligence experience prepare you well to support dhs and im hopeful that you will look at the department with a fresh set of eyes and a new perspective as you chart its course moving forward. I look forward to supporting your nomination and ensuring a consideration without delay. I want to thank you again for being here, for your years of service to your country and i look forward to your testimony and uno i recognize the and now i recognize the vice chairman for any comments he has. Thank you. Welcome, mr. Glawe. Let me say i think this is the earliest Intelligence Committee meeting i ever attended and it shows my commitment to your appearance and the questions i have for you that because unlike the chairman who only lives close, i actually live back in my home state of virginia and, you know, when i can assure you when i was governor there was a lot less traffic. So congratulations on your nomination as the head of the office of intelligence and analysis. This position sits at a critical juncture between the analytic work of the intelligence commune tie and the information sharing role of the department of Homeland Security. If confirmed your job will be to ensure that the critical proc s process pieces of information are delivered immediately throughout the department as well as to your partners at federal, state and local and Tribal Department agencies that need it. I believe that you have an understanding of this need given your background in Law Enforcement and the Intelligence Community. I also appreciate the support you have received from my friend former odi jim clapper and from Law Enforcement organizations representing the nations chiefs of police, county sheriffs and narcotics officers. But lets be clear. Dhs ina requires a strong leader. While the mission is defined it continues to evolve and mature since the creation of dhs over a decade ago. I remain concerned about the level of sharing with Law Enforcement. The large contractual workforce and the whole Fusion Center workforce. It makes sense in virginia, but im not sure its been implemented in the right way and would love again to have your fresh set of eyes look at this. The truth is this job has never been easy and its not going to be easy now going forward. If youre confirmed i will also expect your full cooperation with this committees bipartisan investigation into russias Cyber Attacks and interference in our 2016 president ial election and the conserpss about few concerns about future meddling. I have asked dhs to share with this Committee Even if we cannot reveal them publicly the names of the 21 states that the department testified last week were attacked by russian hackers. I have written to and spoken with secretary kelly about this matter. And as the Oversight Committee for all intelligence issues this committee is entitled to have that information. I want to thank the chairman because this week the chairman sent a letter to all relevant state Election Officials asking that this information be made public. As i said last week, i dont see how americans are made safer when they do not know which state election systems the russians potentially attacked and i particularly feel this way since my home state of virginia has major state elections this year. Again, thank you for appearing before the committee and i look forward to your testimony. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you, Vice President. I can attest to the fact this is the earlest hes ever been here. I want to recognize the chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee to introduce our nominee, senator chuck grassley. Senator grassley, the floor is yours. Thank you, senator burr, and Ranking Member warner. Before i read three or four minute statement i would like to say that im proud to be here to introduce to the committee a person whose family and he has deep roots in iowa. And im glad to be here. I think if i could probably give one sentence which would repeat something you said that you talked about him. Because ill be repetitive of some of the things that you said but you talked about his Honorable Service within government and his public service, well qualified to take this position. So i would emphasize that as i say that im proud to recognize david glawe as a nominee for undersecretary for intelligence and analysis at dhs. He is a dedicated Public Servant with over 20 years of National Security and Law Enforcement experience. He currently serves on the National Security council as special assistant to the president and senior director for Homeland Security. Prior to this, the nominee served as chief Intelligence Officer for the u. S. Customs and Border Protection. Mr. Glawe is a former Police Officer and federal agent with both the u. S. Postal Inspection Service and the fbi. In 2007, he served in iraq and africa on a joint fbi deployment with the department of defense. Following this tour, he was a Senior Adviser at the National Counterterrorism center. In 2012 the nominee was named Deputy National intelligence manager for threat, finance and transnational organized crime where he oversaw and integrated the Intelligence Communitys Data Collections and analyses. In 2014, he began serving as National Security counsel on that council as a Senior Intelligence official responsible for implementing the president s strategy on transnational organized crime. In 2015, mr. Glawe was awarded the National Intelligence superior Service Medal for his extraordinary contribution to the u. S. Intelligence community and our nations security. The nominee is an iowa native as i said. Still has family in iowa. Hes a graduate of my alma mater of the university of Northern Iowa and also a graduate of Harvard Universitys jfk school of government. He got started in Law Enforcement and advanced his impressive career with characteristically outstanding iowa work ethic. He shared with me how much these roots mean to him. And i appreciate his commitment to putting them to work in this new position for our nation as he has several positions in the past. Mr. Glawes mother nancy is someone who i have crossed paths with for a long time in iowa as well. Im proud to say. And i know shes glad to be here with the rest of her family and his friends today to celebrate with him and to support him through this process. Thank you for holding this hearing and i urge you to support his nomination to fill this very important post. Thank you. Chairman grassley, thank you for for that very thorough introduction. Before i david, i ask you to stand to be sworn in. I want to recognize your mother nancy. I didnt recognize her earlier when i recognized your dad. I also want to recognize why he left the room, and your daughter alexis who is an absolute doll. If you will, raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, nothing but the truth, so help you god. Yes, sir. Please be seated. David, youre now sworn in. Before we move to your statement, id like to ask you five standard questions that the committee poses to each nominee who appears before us. They just require a simple yes or no answer for the record. Do you agree to appear before the committee here or in other venues when invited . Yes. If confirmed do you agree to send officials from your office to appear before the committee and designated staff when invited . Yes. Do you agree to provide documents or any ore material requested by the committee in order for us to carry out its our oversight and legislative responsibilities . Yes. Will you both ensure that your office and your staff provide such materials to the committee when requested . Yes. Do you agree to fully brief all members of the committee of relevant intelligence activities rather than only the chair and the vice chairman . Yes. Thank you very much. Well now proceed. David, your Opening Statement, the floor is yours. Thank you, senator. Chairman burr, vice chairman warner, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today as the president s nominee for undersecretary for intelligence and analysis at the department of Homeland Security. Im honored to have been nominated by President Trump and im honored to receive the support by secretary kelly. Before we begin i want to thank senator grassley born and raised in the state of iowa. I learned about the importance of civic duty and serving in the community. I never dreamed one day i would have the opportunity to meet and get to know an iowa legend. Thank you. Thank you, senator grassley for the heart felt introduction and nearly 60 years of service to the people of iowa and the country. Next i want to recognize my family. Im grateful for their support and sacrifice that allowed me this opportunity. With us today are the bedrocks of my life. My 20yearold partner and husband, perry gorsh and our two children. Alexis and wyatt. Also my father, jim glawe an army veteran drafted for the korean war. My mother, retired kindergarten teacher, my sister, who works for the Veterans AffairsMedical Center and her husband who works also in the davenport office. My mother in law a life long volunteer in keister, minnesota. I want to recognize my deceased fatherinlaw roger, retired as a teacher and athletic coach. I would like to thank my family and friends my friends and coworkers who have supported me throughout my life. I wouldnt have this opportunity without them. The Mission Statement of dhs is clear and direct. With honor and integrity well safeguard the american people, our homeland and our values. Dhs faces a complex and evolving threat environment and must work across the federal government in concert with the local, tribal and private sector partners. I have over 20 years in Law Enforcement experience and ill apply that knowledge to drive intelligence and Operational Integration and share information, deliver unique analysis and identify vulnerabilities and ultimately mitigate threats. Ina has one of the most Broad Customer bases and meeting the demands are challenging. I need to focus on the areas they are positioned to add value, like travel, borders, that rihanna and Aviation Security. Inas greatest strepts is its people. We will endeavor to implement secretary kellys vision by meeting the needs of the primary customers integrate is intelligence and making ina diverse, mission focus and productive environment for the workforce. In closing i would like to take a moment to recognize the Important RoleCongress Plays in the success of ina. If confirmed i pledge to enable the committee to fill that role by keeping you fully informed and transparent on the activities and developments. Mr. Chairman, i will stop there and submit the remainder of my comments for the record. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I look forward to answering your questions. David, thank you very much. Once again, i thank all of your family members for their Tremendous Service to the country and more importantly to the security of this country. With that, im going to turn to the vice chairman. Mr. Glawe, let me recognize your family and very impressive. And i know they have got to be all very, very proud of you. I want to start a couple of questions in relation to our hearing last week and just kind of get your sense on this. I want to make in addition to the questions that the chairman asked will you commit as well to working with this committee as we go forward on our ongoing russia investigation, making sure that we get as much access as possible, making yourself is available, necessary material, cables, products and other materials and make sure those are if requested are provided to this committee as quickly as possible . Absolutely. Mr. Glawe, one of the things that came away last week was a real concern. Again, well, directly i want to get your view. We had representatives from dhs here. They had indicated 21 states had been the subject of at least some level of russian incursion. But it became evident through the testimony that in many cases the only contact that was made with those states may not have been to the top election official, the secretary of state or other election official. It might have been just been to the vendor who might have been or having the Voter Registration roll. I think the chairman and i both feel that we are not made safer by keeping that information private. We understand that dhs views the states have a collaborative relationship with the states and want to maintain that collaborative relationship, but they in effect view the states as victims and consequentially feel like its the obligation of the state to come forward. We had the official from indiana and wisconsin here. Neither one of them knew whether their states had been attacked. We had the Illinois State election official here who had clearly indicated he was he was the victim of an attack but until the testimony the previous testimony of dhs had not realized or never been told by dhs that it was actually russia who was behind the attack