mr. mueller. if you taken a poll of the top 3 or four prosecutors in america, in terms of professionalism and experience and judgment and proven track record of important matters and then later the supervisor and a leader, bob mueller would have been among the top story he was universally recognized in that way and was appointed by president clinton to the u.s. attorney post in california. >> san francisco. >> and then held high posts in the department of justice. he tried a lot of cases personally. he knows how you have to prepare a case, present a case. he knows integrity is on the line every day as a prosecutor. i have always felt that president obama -- i am pleased that president obama has seen fit to renominate him and i hope we can do that lawfully in a way that works. i do think there was some reason behind the limit and we ought not to ignore that entirely. so thank you. >> i share your views about director mueller and want to thank the panel for being here today. we'll stand adjourned. t

bush administration, where he worked closely with director mueller. i told mr. comey earlier it was nice to have him back in this room where he spent a lot of time in the committee walls, hearing testimony about the constitutionality about passing exception to the statute. which we created the 10-year term. i thank senator grassley for his cooperation. i hope we now have the hearing. we report the bill in the form that senator grassley suggested without unnecessary delays. i yield to senator grassley and then to director mueller. >> thank you very much for holding this hearing and welcome back, director mueller. this hearing is the first hearing in 37 years to specifically address the 10-year term of director of f.b.i. in 1968, congress passed a law requiring f.b.i. director to be appointed with advice and consent of the senate. despite the passage of this law, director 4506r -- hoover served until his september in 1972. following his death, a number of high profile scandals came to light. this committee held a hearing in 1974 to address legislation limiting the

bush administration, where he worked closely with director mueller. i told mr. comey earlier it was nice to have him back in this room where he spent a lot of time in the committee walls, hearing testimony about the constitutionality about passing exception to the statute. which we created the 10-year term. i thank senator grassley for his cooperation. i hope we now have the hearing. we report the bill in the form that senator grassley suggested without unnecessary delays. i yield to senator grassley and then to director mueller. >> thank you very much for holding this hearing and welcome back, director mueller. this hearing is the first hearing in 37 years to specifically address the 10-year term of director of f.b.i. in 1968, congress passed a law requiring f.b.i. director to be appointed with advice and consent of the senate. despite the passage of this law, director 4506r -- hoover served until his september in 1972. following his death, a number of high profile scandals came to light. this committee held a hearing in 1974 to address legislation limiting the

bush administration, where he worked closely with director mueller. i told mr. comey earlier it was nice to have him back in this room where he spent a lot of time in the committee walls, hearing testimony about the constitutionality about passing exception to the statute. which we created the 10-year term. i thank senator grassley for his cooperation. i hope we now have the hearing. we report the bill in the form that senator grassley suggested without unnecessary delays. i yield to senator grassley and then to director mueller. >> thank you very much for holding this hearing and welcome back, director mueller. this hearing is the first hearing in 37 years to specifically address the 10-year term of director of f.b.i. in 1968, congress passed a law requiring f.b.i. director to be appointed with advice and consent of the senate. despite the passage of this law, director 4506r -- hoover served until his september in 1972. following his death, a number of high profile scandals came to light. this committee held a hearing in 1974 to address legislation limiting the