Dan Coats: “I'm cynical. I'm cynical about it.”

You will need to inspire a workforce that has unfortunately been hollowed out by years of firings, and remind them that their mission is critical--and still noble.

I'm here to say the warning lights are blinking red again. Today, the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack.

We have to figure this out.

One of the first things you can do--at this hearing, even--is to make a strong statement of support for professionalism in the IC and pledge that you will not tolerate politics influencing the analytical process.