whitehouse? >> thank you both for being here. mr. polite, we will hear testimony in the next panel from michigan secretary of state, that an unprecedented wave of continuous, unrelenting harassment and threats has -- and i'm quoting again -- that the threats are a direct extension of efforts to disperse false information about the security and accuracy of our elections. we will hear from the secretary of state of new mexico that conspiracy -- conspiracies about our voting system have gripped a portion of the electorate and caused people to take action. we will hear from the executive director of the colorado county clerk's association that these believes have manifested themselves as outright threats on lives. how does the doj see the linkage between lies about the recent election and violence and threats against election workers? >> again, our focus is on serious threats of unlawful violence. we are sworn to protect our first amendment rights of our communities and political speech is not our focus at all. it is when these threats c

whitehouse. >> thank you, chairman coffman. thank you both for being here. mr. polite, web going to hear testimony in the next panel from michigan secretary of state that adequate unprecedented wave of continuous unrelenting harassment and threats and encoding again, that the threats are a direct extension of the efforts to spread false information about the security and accuracy of our elections. we are going to hear i know from the pretrial adjustment from the secretary of state of new mexico that the conspiracies about our voting in election system have ripped a a certain portion ofe electorate and have caused people to take action. and we're going to from the executive director of the colorado county clerks association, the deeply held belief among some that are election is not secure nor i could has manifested itself as harassment and outright threats on lives. how does doj see the linkage between the delivered campaign of lies about the recent election? and violence and threats against election workers? >> thank you, senator. again our focus is on serious

mr. wray: we will work with you on that. i think i managed to get this across to senator whitehouse. i have been assured back then and repeatedly ever since that the process that we followed, practice that we follow the limited supplemental background investigation in this instance, who is consistent with the same process that we follow going back to the earlier trump administration, obama administration, bush administration, and we continue to follow now under the biden administration. sen. coons: one of the key failures of the nasser investigation was the improper way fbi agents interviewed and interacted with victims of child sex abuse. this is something that i have long worked on both in my elected role here. using personnel is critical in protecting victims and ensuring the integrity of the investigations, a tremendous resource is children advocacy centers that provide exactly this coordination. i am working with senators klobuchar in bipartisan bill that will work higher the fbi to bring together -- require the fbi to bring together teams in child abuse investigations. could yo

mr. wray: we will work with you on that. i think i managed to get this across to senator whitehouse. i have been assured back then and repeatedly ever since that the process that we followed, practice that we follow the limited supplemental background investigation in this instance, who is consistent with the same process that we follow going back to the earlier trump administration, obama administration, bush administration, and we continue to follow now under the biden administration. sen. coons: one of the key failures of the nasser investigation was the improper way fbi agents interviewed and interacted with victims of child sex abuse. this is something that i have long worked on both in my elected role here. using personnel is critical in protecting victims and ensuring the integrity of the investigations, a tremendous resource is children advocacy centers that provide exactly this coordination. i am working with senators klobuchar in bipartisan bill that will work higher the fbi to bring together -- require the fbi to bring together teams in child abuse investigations. could yo

mr. whitehouse: i know of no further debate on the resolution. the presiding officer: is there further debate? if not, all in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the resolution is agreed to. mr. whitehouse: i ask unanimous consent that the preamble be agreed to and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervention action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: i now i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. res. 739, submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 739, authorizing the printing with illustrations of a document entitled committee on appropriations united states senate 1867 to 2022. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. whitehouse: i further ask that the resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervention action or debate. the presiding office