Barbara Mikulski actually said...

Your leadership has transformed the FBI from a domestic law enforcement agency into a global antiterrorism and anticrime police force.

My concern is that this will have a chilling effect on morale.

Madam Chairwoman, let me acknowledge the leadership that you and this subcommittee have provided to the FBI.

This is a self-inflicted wound on us. This is not what an external threat from a foreign country or organized crime is doing to us.