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COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RE-
LATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2014
THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
U.S. SENATE,
SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS,
Washington, DC.
The subcommittee met at 10:02 a.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen
Senate Office Building, Hon. Barbara A. Mikulski (chairwoman)
presiding.
Present: Senators Mikulski, Shelby, Collins, and Boozman.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
STATEMENT OF HON. ROBERT S. MUELLER, III, DIRECTOR
OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR BARBARA A. MIKULSKI
Chairwoman MIKULSKI. Good morning, everybody. Today the
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agen-
cies (CJS) will hear from the Director of the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation (FBI) Robert S. Mueller, III about the FBI and its budg-
et priorities for fiscal year 2014. This process today will be in two
areas: one, our open and public hearing; and then second we will
move to a classified meeting to go over other aspects related to our
global war against terrorism.
We want to welcome Director Mueller for his last scheduled hear-
ing before CJS. Director Mueller will be the longest serving FBI Di-
rector since J. Edgar Hoover when he retires in September. He is
the only Director to serve out a full 10-year term plus an additional
two.
Director Mueller, we want to thank you for your service. We
want to thank you for leading the FBI through probably one of its
greatest transformations in FBI history. We want to thank you for
staying an additional 2 years as we moved into a new enduring
war, the cyber security aspects. We also want to thank you for
being one of those nighthawk people who are always available 24-
7, because that's the nature of threats that we face in our country,
both here in our own country and those from around the world.
Your leadership has transformed the FBI from a domestic law
enforcement agency into a global antiterrorism and anticrime police
force. So while maintaining a vigorous domestic law enforcement
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