michael horowitz: that is something certainly congress could look at. i will add that one of the things that would help address these is that they get reported as they should to headquarters. they get reported to the oig as they should, and we get copies of records that we need promptly so we can look at them promptly. that takes no congressional action. we already have the law that says that should occur, but it is not. >> what do we do to fix that? someone is going to have to be disciplined for not reporting that. it is not just the rank in files that men and women, it is their superiors that are covering it up and obstructing, is that not correct? michael horowitz: is a employee fails to report to headquarters what the policy requires that is all law enforcement cases do, that is a violation of that. >> you are also saying you want disclosure from the folks you are investigating. we are starting to see a lot of redacted stuff when the ig acts only say the identity needs to be withheld. in fact, we could have modified it on section 6103 of the irs cod

michael horowitz: mr. chairman, mr. cummings and members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today. federal agents are held to the highest standards of conduct both on and off duty. as a former federal prosecutor and as an inspector general it has been my experience that the overwhelming majority of the department agents meet those high standards and perform the work with great integrity and honor. thereby helping keeping, keep our communities safe and our country safe. nevertheless, we find instances where law enforcement agents in the cage in a series of conduct and even criminal violations affecting the agency's reputation, potentially compromising prosecutions, and possibly affecting the security of the agents and agency operation. furthermore, misconduct that involves sexual harassment affects employee morale and creates a hostile work environment. following the incidents during the president's trip to colombia in 2012, the oig conducted to wo reviews. one relating to department policies and trai

the honorable michael horowitz come inspector general of the united states department of justice and mr. kevin perkins associate deputy director of the fbi, the federal. of investigation. we welcome all of you and thank you for being here. pursuant to committee rules all witnesses must be sworn before they testify. please rights and racial right hand. -- please rise and raise your right hand. [witnesses were sworn in] >> thank you. let the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. in order to allow time for discussion we would appreciate limiting your testimony to five minutes. your entire written statement will be made part of the record. dea administrator ms. leonhart we were recognized you first. >> chairman chaffetz ranking member cummings, distinguished members of this committee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the department of justice office of inspector general's report on sexual harassment and misconduct allegations by the departments law enforcement components. bea has a single mission, to enforce our nation's drug laws. are more than 9000 empl

the honorable michele leonhart, administrator of the drug enforcement agency, the honorable michael horowitz, inspector general of the united states department of justice and mr. kevin perkins, associate deputy director of the fbi the federal bureau of investigation. we welcome all of you and thank you all for being here. pursuant to committee rules all witnesses will be sworn before they testify. if you'll please rise and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give will be the truth the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? thank you. let the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. in order to allow time for discussion, we would appreciate limiting your testimony to five minutes. your entire written statement will be made part of the record. the d.e.a. administrator ms. leonhart we'll recognize you first. >> chairman chaffetz ranking member cummings distinguished members of this committee thank you for the opportunity to discuss the department's report on sexual harassment and misconduct allegations by the departmen