thank you. jenna cameron, jordan ranking member and adler, chairman komar, ranking member raskin, members of the committee. good morning. i'm privileged to have served our country for the majority of my career, a decade and a half. most of those years with the department of justice. i have served as a line prosecutor supervisor, the principal associate deputy attorney general, united states attorney and a special council. i've served in these roles with gratitude as the son of immigrants to this country, the 1st member of my family to be born here. my parents grew up in korea and were young children during the korean war. my father remembers being hungry and grateful for the food that americans you guys shared with him and his siblings. my mother fled what is now north korea in her own mother's arms heading south to safety. my parents have actually met married and came to the us, seeking a better life for themselves and for their children. their lives and mine would have been very different, were it not for this country no matter the role, no matter the administration, i have applied the