I would like to call the hearing to order. I would like to welcome our witness today, david glowy, president trumps nominee to be the next undersecretary for intelligence and analysis of the department of Homeland Security. David, congratulations on your nomination. I would also like to take a moment to recognize the sizable family contingent you have behind you today. And thank your husband perry, for his unwavering support. I think its also important to pay tribute and thank your family for its honorable government service. Perry is a supervisory agent, special agent at the fbi. Your father, jim, served in the korean war. Your brotherinlaw served in desert storm and your sister works at the v. A. I thnk all of you for your service to your country. Our goal in conducting this hearing is to enable the committee to consider mr. Glowys qualifications. Hes already provided substantive written responses to more than 80 questions presented by the committee. Today, 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 and 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, he 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. He is currently supporting the National Security council as a special assistant to the president and senior director for Homeland Security. David, you have been asked to lead the department of Homeland Securitys intelligence and an list component at a time when we are facing complex, evolving, and continuous threats to the homeland. The Intelligence Community is tracing threats from state and nonstate actors to our cyber and 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 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 insuring 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 now i recognize the vice chairman for any comments he made have. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Welcome, mr. Glowy, let me say i think this is the earliest Intelligence Committee meeting i have ever attended. It shows my commitment to your appearance and the questions i have for you, because unlike chairman who only lives close, i actually live back in my home state of virginia, and you know, 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 Community and the sniefr sharing world of the department of Homeland Security. If confirmed, your job will be to insure that pieces of information are delivered immediately throughout the department as well as to your partners at federal, state, local, and Tribal Department agencies if needed. 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, jim clapper, and from Law Enforcement organizations representing the nations chiefs of police, county sheriffs, and narcotics officers. Lets be clear, dhs, ina requires a strong leader. While the Organizations 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 contractors who work for us, and the whole fusion concept, a Fusion Center in virginia, conceptualy, it makes sense. Im not sure its been implemented in the right way and would love 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 going forward. If youre confirmed, i will also expect your full cooperation with this citys bipartisan investigation into russias cyberattacks and interference in our 2016 president ial election and concerns about future meddling with our election and voting systems. 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 and i 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 favor when they do not know which state election systems the russians potentially attacks. 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. I look forward to your testimony. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you. I can attest to the fact this is the earlier he has ever been here. I would like to now 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 a three or fourminute statement, i would like to say im proud to be here to introduce to the committee a person whose family and he has deep roots in iowa. And glad to be here. I think i could probably give one sentence, which would repeat something you said as you talked about him, because ill be repetitive of some of the things you said, but you talked about his Honorable Service within government and his public service, well qualified to take this position. I would emphasize that as i say that im proud to recognize david as the 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. Glowy 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 analysis. In 2014, he began serving as National Security council on that council as the Senior Intelligence official responsible for implementing the president s strategy on transnational organized crime. In 2015, he 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 charactertically outstanding iowa work effort. He shared with me how much the 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. His mother nancy is someone who i 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 that very thorough introduction, and before, david, i ask you to stand and be sworn in, i want to recognize your mother, nancy. I didnt recognize her earlier when i recognized your dad. Also i want to recognize wyatt, even though he left the room, and your daughter alexis, who is just an absolute doll. If you will, raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god . Please be seated. David, youre now sworn in. And before we move to your statement, i would 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 for the committee here or other venues if invited . Yes. If confirmed, do you agree to send officials from your office and designated staff. Yes. Do you agree to provide documents or any other material requested by the committee in order for us to carry out our oversight and legislative responsibilities . Yes. Will you both insure your office and staff provide such materials to the committee when requested . Yes. Do you agree to inform and fully brief to the fullest extent possible all members of the committee of relevant intelligence activities rather than just the chair . Yes. Thank you very much. Well now provide. Your opening state. The floor is yours. Thank you, sir. 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 be nominated and humbled to receive the support by secretary kelly, deputy secretary duke. Before we begin, i would like to thank senator grassley. I have learned at an early age about civic duty. I never dreamed at one day i would get to meet a true iowa legend. Thank you for the heartfelt introduction and nearly 60 years of service to the people of iowa. Next, i would like to take a moment to recognize my family. Im grateful for their support and sacrifice. With us are the bedrocks of my life. My 20 year partner and husband, perry, an fbi special agent at the Washington Field office. And our two wonderful children, alexis and wyatt. Wyatt had to leave here. Also is my father, jim, an army veteran drafted for the korean war. My mother nancy, a retired kindergarten teacher. Both from davenport, iowa. My sister who worked for veterans appear, and her husband who also worked for the Veterans Affairs office. My motherinlaw, a lifelong l volunteer in her community. And i would like to recognize my deceased fatherinlaw. I would also like to thank my friends and coworkers who have supported me throughout my life. I would not have this opportunity without them. The Mission State of dhs is clear and correct. Dhs faces a complex and evolving threat environment. They must work across the federal government in concert with state, local, tribal, territorial, and private sector partners. I have over 24 years of Law Enforcement and intelligence experience. If confirmed, i will drive intelligence and operational analysis and identify vulinabilities and mitigate threats. Ina has one of the broadest customer bases. If confirmed, i intent to focus on areas like trade, travel, cyber, borders, marine, and Aviation Security. Their greatest strength is its people. If confirmed, it will be my honor to lead the professionals at ina as we endeavor to implement secretary kellys vision, integrating intelligence and operations and making ina diverse, mission focused 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. I pledge to enable the committee to fulfill that role by keeping you fully informed. Ill stop there and submit the remainder of my comments for the record. Thank you again for the opportunity to appear before you, and i look forward to answering your questions. Thank you. And 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 vice chairman to start with questions. Let me also recognize your family, and very impressive. I know theyve got to be very proud of you. I want to start a couple questions in relation to our hearing last week. And just kind of get your sense on this. I want in addition to the comegzs the chairman asked, will you commit to working with this committee as we go forward on the ongoing russia investigation, making sure we get as much access as possible, making yourself acceptable, intelligence reports, cables, products, and other materials. And make sure those are, if requested, are provided to the committee as quickly as possible . Absolutely. One of the things that came away last week was a real concern, and again, while i would just like to get your view, we had representatives from dhs here. They indected 21 states had been the subject of at least some level of russian incursion. But it became evident through the testimony that many cases, the only contact that was made with those states may not have even been to the top election official, the secretary of state or other election official. It might have just been to the vendor who might have been having the Voter Registration roll. I think the chairman and i feel were 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 relationship, but they in effect view the states as victims and consequently almost feel like its the obligation of the state to come forward, but we had top Election Officials 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 the victim of an attack, but until the previous testimony of dhs, had not realized and had never been told by dhs that it was actually russia who was behind the attack into the illinois system. What i would like you to do is just commit to work with us as we try to sort through this, recognizing that theres no effort here to relitigate 2016 or to embarrass any state. But we have got to make sure that the states that were subject of attacks are prepared so that information can filter down to local Election Officials so they can all take the necessary precautions. Do you want to comment on that . Any thoughts you might have and how we might be able to address this problem. Sure, senator. Thank you for the question and i appreciate the opportunity to discuss that. I did watch most of the testimony as well. I share your concerns regarding the state and the russian intrusion into the sta