secret service to begin with who uphold very high standards and feel their own reputations are now besmerched by the actions of a few. >> to the extent that any of them are listening to this hearing i would hope they will not be distracted from their jobs, those who are protecting governor romney, those protecting president obama, and all of the other protectees. that has to be job first. but then you and the director have the job of seeing where we go from here. can you assure us that there will not be -- can you assure us that it will be made very clear to secret service agents in their training that this kind of conduct will not be condoned? >> that is our goal, mr. chairman. really three things that i immediately discussed with the director. one was to make sure the president's security was never at risk. two, was to make sure that we instituted a prompt and thorough investigation into the allegations in colombia, and three, what other steps we need to take for the future to make sure this is not repeated. >> a different matter, we'll turn to the reauthorization of the violence against wo