john gannon, we hired him as the executive director. he has 30 years of experience. we are in the process of trying to hire more staff. that will be a key issue in terms of our long-term success. chairman, ir. remember the lesson of my fifth grade catholic schoolteacher. she taught us that we have two ears and one mouth. we should use the two ears more than we use the one mouth. numerically, there's more for us to learn than to speak. as bruce and i came up your, we wanted to get your collective your concernshat are about the fbi and where you would like us to go within the mandate. we are honored and privileged to work with you in this effort to make america safer. with that, a yield back the balance of my time. i look forward to your questions. i appreciate the testimony and i supported the 9/11 commission. there were a number of people for my district who died in the attack on the pentagon. i think the fact that the three of you -- bipartisan, is very important. one, the committee will do what ever you ask us to. i was appreciative of the yesterday in a conversati

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