representative culberson: german rogers. -- chairman rogers. representative rogers: the graduation from investigating committed crimes and preparing evidence for prosecution, and then there is today's world where you are working to prevent events from leading to crime before it takes place. after terrorism -- counterterrorism try to prevent terrorism. trying to keep spies away. the constant barrage of cyber threats foreign and domestic. prevention rather than prosecution although there might be prosecution. that is a significant change. it has taken an effort on part of the fbi leadership to try to get it through that agencies about this new world in which we live in the mission -- do you agree with that? director comey: very much. the transformation that has happened in the fbi is one from a place where we were criticized with some justification. something came in or a call came in. we responded. we investigated. to stepping back and having taught full people say, what are the that things going on here that might happen? how do we find out mor

congressman john culberson chairs this sub-committee hearing. >> the science and appropriations subcommittee will come to order. we are privileged to have with us today the director of the fbi, jim comey. i would also like to take a moment to recognize our newest member mr. pallazo from mississippi. we're delighted to have you with us. i know, under the circumstances you would rather not be, but we miss alan a great deal. very pleased to have with us mr. rogers. we're going to go ahead and crank it up. this is particularly appropriate today to have you with us because the 9/11 commission has issued its findings this morning and we will talk a little about that today. we are privileged to have you with us here in front of our subcommittee to prevent -- to present your 2016 budget request. it a very complex mission that the fbi has to perform. we have, on this subcommittee over the years, helped the fbi be the lead agency in counterterrorism, national security efforts. you mentioned the other day, i knew this instinctively, but you made a connection with me that once criminals got a hold of au

john culberson chairs the appropriations subcommittee hearing. >> the subcommittee will come to order. it is a privilege to have with us the director of the fbi, jim call me. -- jim comey. before we start i would like to take a moment to recognize our newest member from mississippi. we are delighted to have you with us, steve. i know under the circumstances you would rather not be. we are glad to have you. we are pleased to have with us the chairman of the committee. we are going to go ahead and crank it up. this is particularly appropriate today to have you with us, because the 9/11 commission has issued its findings this morning, and we will talk about that today. we are privileged to have you with us here in front of our subcommittee to submit your budget request. it is a very important, complex critical mission that the fbi has performed. on the subcommittee over the years we have helped the fbi facilities mission -- fbi fulfill its mission. it is a vital law enforcement effort, and as you mentioned i knew this instinctively when you made the connection -- once the criminal's got