and also the men and women of ncsc. mr. chairman, i was born and raised in peckville, pennsylvania, a small blue collar town just north of scranton. there through my family and friends i learned the value of integrity, hard work, and service to others. ne of those neighbors was gino merli, private first class in the u.s. army during world war ii. he was awarded the medal of honor, two purple hearts and a bronze star for his heroic activities in the battle of the bulge. spending time with mr. merli and other role models growing up, i learned the value of character, citizenship, and service and we should never take our democracy or freedom for granted. mr. chairman, i am proud to be a career public servant. i have bean in federal service for over 29 years, 22 of which a proud member of the f.b.i. i've healed a wide spectrum of positions in the f.b.i., and as you mentioned, chief of the counterespionage group. mr. chairman, the threat we face from our adversaries is progressive, persistent, and requires constant mitigation by

in your experience in counterintelligence both of the ncsc and your prayer positions, how has china's counterintelligence threat ground and what should we be concerned with? >> i do believe china is one of the greatest concerns we have moving forward with respect to our economic security. the utilization as a role of government approach to increase their economic and military development is problematic. the utilization of nontraditional collectors here in the united states, scientists, schools and visibility to identify and attract the data from the research facilities continues to allow us to not only lose positions, jobs, research and funding as well as provide market capability and provide the data. >> in your response to the questions you stated some of the creepiest challenges include conducting effective and sustained outreach to technical partners, research labs and private sectors as well as securing the funding for the management. one of the plans for improving the governance supply-chain is supply-chain risk management. >> thank you. supply-chain risk mitigation efforts are

and prior to joining ncsc, served as chief of counter espionage at the central intelligence agency. director evanina, you're being asked to lead this agency during a period of significant and wide-ranging counterintelligence threats against our nation. i'm hopeful that moving forward, you'll be an influential and forceful advocate for those foreign intelligence tools you believe are necessary to keep our citizens safe while protecting americans' privacy. as i've mentioned to others during this nomination hearing, i can assure you that this committee will faithfully follow its charter and conduct vigorous and real-time oversight of the intelligence community, its operations and its activities. we'll ask difficult and probing questions of you, your staff and we expect honest, complete and timely responses. i look forward to supporting your nomination and ensuring consideration without delay. thank you again for being here. i look forward to your testimony and i now recognize the vice chairman. >> thank you, mr. chair. i want to echo the chairman's remarks and welcome bill evanina toda