DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia, Chairman NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Young, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking MIKE RINGLER, CHRISTINE KOJAC, LESLIE ALBRIGHT, and JOHN F. MARTENS Subcommittee Staff PART 10 FBI REORGANIZATION Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2003 HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia, Chairman NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Young, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees. MIKE RINGLER, CHRISTINE KOJAC, LESLIE ALBRIGHT, and JOHN F. MARTENS KE27 .A6327 2002 st.10 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida, Chairman RALPH REGULA, Ohio JIM KOLBE, Arizona SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama JAMES T. WALSH, New York CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina ERNEST J. ISTOOK, JR., Oklahoma HENRY BONILLA, Texas JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan JACK KINGSTON, Georgia RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR., Washington RANDY "DUKE" CUNNINGHAM, California TODD TIAHRT, Kansas ZACH WAMP, Tennessee TOM LATHAM, Iowa ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania VIRGIL H. GOODE, JR., Virginia DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia NANCY PELOSI, California PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana NITA M. LOWEY, New York CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina ROBERT E. “BUD" CRAMER, JR., Alabama JESSE L. JACKSON, JR., Illinois CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania JAMES W. DYER, Clerk and Staff Director (II) DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2003 FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2002. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WITNESSES ROBERT MUELLER, DIRECTOR, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION DAVID WALKER, COMPTROLLER GENERAL, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE RICHARD THORNBURGH, FBI PROJECT PANEL CHAIR, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION NANCY SAVAGE, PRESIDENT, FBI AGENTS ASSOCIATION OPENING REMARKS OF CHAIRMAN WOLF Mr. WOLF. Good morning. The committee will come to order. I'd like to welcome all the panelists this morning. Our world was changed on September 11th, 2001. Terrorism is no longer something you read about or see on the evening news. It has come to our shores. More than two dozen people from my Congressional district were killed in the September 11 attacks. My heart goes out to all the families who lost loved ones on that tragic day at the World Trade Center, here and in Pennsylvania. Our Government must do everything in its power to prevent something like 9/11 from happening again. We need to make certain that America is safe and secure against terrorism. This is not a Republican issue or a Democratic issue. Only by working together will we be able to win the war against terrorism. THE FBI'S REORGANIZATION PLANS The Federal Bureau of Investigation today finds itself in a central role in the fight against terrorism. The focus of today's hearing is the FBI's reorganization plan. This Subcommittee has the jurisdiction over the FBI and must approve the reprogramming of any appropriated funds for the Bureau. We owe it to the American people to be more than just a rubber stamp for the plan. Before I comment further on the proposed reorganization, I want it on the record that I have the highest respect for the thousands of FBI employees serving their country, both in the United States and abroad. I know many of them. They are extremely dedicated and work incredibly long hours to protect their country and their fellow citizens. (1) |