i want to turn to vowa. i know that you voted against the most recent iteration, you had concerns about how the nonindians would be prosecuted under tribal law. you indicated that you do acknowledge that nonindians do go on tribal lands, commit crimes, and these crimes should be prosecuted at the federal level. i would expect should you become attorney general you will do that. but at the same time, my question is, would you then seek to overturn that part of vowa that allows the tribal courts to proceed? >> that would be a strictly legal decision. we should give respect to the laws of congress that have been passed. as a member of congress i was uneasy with it, did not think it was good approach. i believe 8 out of 9 republicans on the committee shared that concern and did vote against it. i voted for the violence against women act, in 2000, 2010, and i voted for the grassley version of the violence against women act this past time, even though i did vote against -- >> so, as the attorney general would you

i want to turn to vowa.i know you voted against the most recent -- >> welcome back, we are live right outside the capitol. >> we've been watching the senate judiciary hold these hearings for senator sessions to become the next attorney general. we'll get back to that in a few moments but the intelligence committee also has been hearing very important testimony from the leaders of the u.s. intelligence community of russia's attempted influence of the 2016 presidential election. moments ago we heard from the head of the national intelligence community retired general james clapper. he spoke about russia's governmental motivation and strategy. listen to this. >> putin and the russian government also developed a clear preference for president elect trump. russia aspired to help president elect trump possible by discrediting secretary clinton and contrasting her unfavorably to him. >> we also heard directly from the fbi director james comey who testified before committee members that russian hackers penetrated st

mulvaney, have you previously supported eliminating funding for vowa? >> i voted against a lot of funding bills, senator murray. i'm not familiar with, if there was a specific one on funding for vowa. >> let me just say, if confirmed, would you commit today to oppose eliminating or cutting funding that protects women from violence? >> my commitment as it's been all day today, to advise the president to the best of my ability, and then enforce the policies that he sets. >> well, mr. chairman, as someone who has sat in that chair, and knows the numbers, i do not believe that you can cut $10.5 trillion without having serious impact as senator sanders talks to us about all the time on medicare and medicaid and social security. but also on programs that are extremely important to protecting people in this country, many of them who were out in the streets last saturday. >> thank you. i think that completes the first round. we'll begin the second round. we have a deadline of 1:30 for completing this round so that he can get ready for the homeland security ques