academic ally gifted, george washington law school, columbia undergraduate, outside of doj hfs the legislative council for the cia. he's been a law clerk, i'm not going to bore the committee with all the things he's done. he's senior vice president, general council of gto. he's lived a consequential life. you lived a life that i think is honorable and noteworthy and accomplished and i want to thank you for being willing to take this task on. we have a lot of problems at the department of justice and we need to change that. so i look forward to this hearing. you will be challenged. you should be challenged. the memo, there will be a lot of talk about it, as there should be. but i just want to let you know that we appreciate you stepping up at a time when the country needs somebody of your background and temperament to be in charge of the rule of law. with that, i'll turn it over to my colleague senator feinstein. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i want you to know i really look forward to working with you. i think we can work productively together. i had an opportunity to get. to know you

academically gifted, george washington law school, columbia university undergraduate. was the general counsel legislative counsel for the cia. that's how he met bush 41. he's been a law clerk. he's worked in private practice. i'm not going to bore the committee with all the things he's done. he's been the senior vice president general counsel of gte. he's lived a consequential life. general counsel for verizon. he liveed a life that i think has been honorable and note-worthy and accomplished. i want to thank you for being willing to take this task on. we have a lot of problems at the department of justice. i think morale is low and we need to change that. i look forward to this hearing. you will be challenged. you should be challenged. the memo, there will be a lot of talk about it, as there should be. i just want to let you know, mr. barr, that we appreciate you stepping up at a time when the country needs somebody of your background and temperament to be in charge of the rule of law. with that, i will turn it over to my colleague senator feinstein. >> thank you very

academically gifted, george washington law school, columbia university undergraduate, outside of gog he was a general counsel legislative counsel for the cia. that's how we met bush 41. he's been a law clerk. he's worked in private practice. i'm not going to bore the committee with all the things he's done. he's been the senior vice president general counsel and lived a consequential life general counsel for verizon. he lived a life that i think has been honorable and noteworthy and accomplished. and i want to thank you for being willing to take this task on. we've got a lot of problems in the department of justice, i think morale is low and we need to change that. i look forward to this hearing. you will be challenged. you should be challenged. the memo, there will be a lot of talk about it. as there should be. but, i just want to let you know mr. barr, that we appreciate you stepping up at a time when the country needs somebody of your background and your temperament to be in charge of the rule of law. with that, i will turn it over to my colleague senator feinstein. >> thanks, ver

academically gifted, george washington law school, columbia university undergraduate, outside of doj he was the general counsel legislative counsel for the cia. that's how he met bush 41. he has been a law clerk, he's worked in private practice, i'm not going to bore the committee with all the things he's done. he's been the senior vice president general counsel of gte. he's lived a consequential life, general counsel for verizon. you've lived a life that i think has been honorable and noteworthy and accomplished and i want to thank you for being willing to take this task on. we've got a lot of problems at the department of justice, i think morale is low and we need to change that. so i will look forward to this hearing. you will be challenged. you should be challenged. the memo, there will be a lot of talk about it, as there should be. but i just want to let you know, mr. barr, that we appreciate you stepping up at a time when the country needs somebody of your background and your temperament to be in charge of the rule of law. and with that, i will turn it over to my colleague, sen

george washington law school, columbia university undergraduate.side the doj, the general counsel for the cia, legislative counsel. that's how he met bush 41. he has been a law clerk and worked in private committee. he was senior vice-president, general counsel of gte. he has lived a consequence life, general counsel for verizon. you lived a life that i think has been honorable and note worthy and accomplished and i want to thank you for being willing to take this task on. we have got a lot of problems in the department of justice. i think morale is low and we need to change that. so i look forward to this hearing. you will be challenged. you should be challenged. the moem mo, there will be a lot of talk about it, as there should be. i want to let you know, mr. barr, we appreciate you stepping up at a time when the country needs somebody of your background and your temperament to be in charge of the rule of law and with that, i will turn it over to senator feinstein. >> thanks very much, mr. chairman. i look forward to working with you and i think