next to the honorable nicholas rasmussen has served as director of the national counterterrorism center since december 2014, serves as the deputy director and as a member of the national security council staff where he was special assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism. and final where the honorable james comey who has served as the federal bureau of investigation's director since september 2013. previously he was general counsel for bridgewater associates and deputy attorney general at the department of justice. it also worked on the exile program, which i remember meeting with you a long time ago when i was deputy attorney general or texas trying to implement the same program in texas. we thank you for being here as well. witnesses for status will appear in the record. the chair now recognizes secretary johnson for an opening statement. >> thank you, chairman, august and thompson, members of the committee. it is a pleasure to appear before you again. you have my prepared statement i will not read it in its entirety. let me just give you a few thoughts. las

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james komi,director james komi, homeland security check to have secretary j johnson and nicholas rasmussenscussing a range of issues involving homegrown violent extremism. this was led by committee chair ron johnson. [inaudible conversations]çko >> this will come to order. i want to call our distinguished panel here, are witnesses. thank you for your time and thoughtful testimony and services a nation. when i took over chairmanshipç of this committee about two months ago the 1st thing i did is reached out to senator carper, a person of real integrity and suggested we do something a little unreasonable, develop a mission statement. simply to enhance the economic and national security of america. i think that accomplished two things. it startsthings. it starts our relationship is a ranking member and chairman and this committee. who could disagreewho could disagree with that? it also directed the activity of our committee. we have to committees and one. on the homeland security side, which is what this hearing is all about comeau we established basic priorities, not in any particular order

next the honorable nicholas rasmussen has served as director of the national counterterrorism centersince december 2014, served as the deputy director and is a member of the national security council staff, where he was special assistant to the president, and senior director for counterterrorism. and finally, we have the honorable james comey, who has served as the federal bureau of investigation's director since september of 2013. previously he was general counsel for bridgewater associated and deputy attorney general at the department of justice. he also worked on the exile program, which i remember meeting with you, sir, a long time ago when i was deputy attorney general for the state of texas, trying to implement the same program in the state of texas, and we thank you for being here, as well. witnesses' full written statements will appear in the record. the chair now recognizes secretary johnson for an opening statement. >> thank you, chairman. congressman thompson, members of the committee, it is a pleasure to appeal before you again. you have my prepared statement. i will not

next the honorable nicholas rasmussen has served as director of the national counterterrorism center since december, 2014. served as the deputy director and is a member of the national security council staff where he was special assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism. finally we have the honorable james comey who served as the federal bureau of investigation's director since september of 2013, previously he was general counsel for bridge water associates and deputy attorney general at the department of justice. he also worked on the exile program, which i remember meeting with you, sir, a long time ago when i was deputy attorney general for the state of text -- texas trying to implement the same program in the state of texas. we thank you for being here as well. witnesses' full written statements will appear in the record. the chair recognizes secretary johnson for an opening statement. >> thank you, chairman. congressman thompson, members of the committee, it is a pleasure to appear before you again. you have my prepared statement. i will not read it in

we will go live now to capitol hill to hear from james comey, jeh johnson and nicholas ra rasmussen on national security, looking into global and homeland security threats. >> isil's growth has implications for us here at home. there are three especially concerning features of isil as a terrorist group in my judgment. the first is their access to resources, extensive resources in terms of manpower, military material and funds. the second concerning feature of isil the control the group exercises in iraq and syria as well as in some of the provinces i mentioned a minute ago. the third, again, is something that you highlighted in your remarks, mr. chairman, their access to a large pool of individuals from western countries, both those who have travelled to iraq and syria and those who have remained in their home countries. when we look for indicators of potential external operations capability that could threaten the homeland from isil, these are the key features we generally expect to see. and they are present with isil. second johnson alluded to how we are coming to view the threat fro