Haley Stevens: “I thank the Senator. We made progress in a lot of areas outside of Iraq. I am in contact now with people in the…”

“I thank the Senator. We made progress in a lot of areas outside of Iraq. I am in contact now with people in the Philippines. We have problems. We have problems in Indonesia. We have problems throughout the area. We have problems with all of these drugs from Afghanistan. This is a complex world. When we visited with the station chiefs throughout the world recently, they all said the same thing. Ours is a very difficult problem. It is hard to figure out our priorities right now. They are going to have to wait until NID gives them their priorities. How long must they wait? My amendment suggests an alternative to the inspector general of the National Intelligence Authority as proposed in this bill. This is amendment No. 3882. Under the committee bill, the inspector general would have the authority to provide policy direction on interagency relationships without consulting with the department heads of the affected agencies. I see you shaking your head. You had better read the bill if you disagree. I don't like to see that from staff, anyway. If you are going to shake your head, move. I think this is a situation where we have been through the creation of inspectors general on the Governmental Affairs Committee. People ought to look at what is being done under this bill.”