jim comey and i are friends, going back to when we're both young federal prosecutor in the southern district of new york 25 years ago. so there is that personal, professional connection. but i've been impressed by their ability to work together, and i'm confident that we're doing that -- confident that we're doing that when it comes to target. >> so how did they find it out? >> you know, that's a good question. sitting you i don't know offhand how we're first alerted to the issue. you know, there are proposals kicking around in congress for a data breach notification as a legal requirement, which we are generally supportive of. i don't know how this particular investigation kicked off. >> so you talk about this, there are a couple of different things in congress but i think there are six or seven bills that have been floating around. none of which have come out of committee. one of them as i understand it was to set up some kind of portal in which companies could share that they have had some kind of data breach, what they would get in return is some kind of indemnification of liability so h

jim comey and i are friends going back to when we were both 25ng prosecutors in new york years ago. there is a personal, professional collection -- connection. out?w did they find it >> you know, that is a good question. sitting here, i don't know offhand how we were first alerted to the issue. there are proposals kicking around in congress now for a ata breach notification as legal requirement, which we are generally supportive of. i don't know how this particular investigation kicked off. there are a couple of different things in congress. i think there are six or seven bills that have been floated around, none of which have come out of committee. understand it, i would set up some kind of portal in which companies could share that they have had some kind of data breach. return iswould get in some kind of indemnification of liability, so they have the incentive to provide information to others who are in their same boat. is that the legislation that you, as secretary, would like to see? >> yes, we are focused on a bunch of things. of my adult professional career, i was a lawyer, c

i've had conversations with jim comey who i've known for 25 years since we were ausas together and others in the intelligence community. and also general alexander who was recently retired about how we answer this exact question. and my view is that, and i know all of these people either from my ausa days or from my dod period. in my view, if we can sit down together, and this is not a complicated conversation, among the three or four of us component heads to say, all right. how are we divvying this up? what is our strategy going forward? when does the fbi get involved? when does the secret service get involved? when does it become a matter for our national security intelligence resources for our government? we can develop a common strategy. i don't believe it's very hard or complicated and it's one of my -- one of the items on my agenda. >> i'll follow up with you on that and our next senator recognized is senator sessions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. well, we're having a humanitarian disaster. there is no doubt about that. and the humanitarian disaster is caused by a legal disaster. you