ossoff: thank you. general, thank you for your service. in response to senator king, he noted your testimony for earlier today that you had seen the requisite authority is granted, the former d.c. guide within minutes. in this case, it took over three hours. you stated it was a combination of political concerns and optical concerns. can you break down which concerns you believe or political and which you believe were optical and what is your assessment that the three-hour delay was the function of political and optical concerns? >> i don't think it was so much political. let me focus on optics. because that is what i heard. the word "optics" and the word that having a uniform presence at the capital could inflame the protesters. sen. ossoff: who made that statement? maj. gen. walker: senior leaders in the u.s. army, general flynn and others. they got back to me saying, and district of columbia senior leaders that it wouldn't be the best military advice to send uniform guardsmen to the capitol because th

next we have senator cruz and then after that will be senator ossoff. and if there's any other senators who wish to ask questions, who haven't asked questions, you should tell us, because those are the last two we have. senator cruz. senator cruz: thank you, madam chair. and let me say to each of the witnesses here today, thank you for being here. thank you for your testimony. and thank you also for your service. i want to thank each of you, and also each of the heroic law enforcement officers who demonstrated extraordinary courage in fighting to repel the terrorist attack that unfolded on the capitol on january 6th. and we are grateful for the bravery and the courage in the face of a truly horrific attack. senator cruz: in the aftermath of that attack, there is naturally a process to assess what could have been done to better prevent that attack, to better secure the capitol. and i think everyone recognizes that hindsight is different from a decision made in the moment, facing the threat immediately. but this hearing is nonetheless productive for analy

ossoff: thank you, chairman brown, ranking member toomey. thank you for your service, chairman powell. the covid 19 pandemic over the last 18 months has been the most significant shock to our economy and the financial system but stepping back, what do uss to be the most significant systemic threats to financial stability over the medium-term, limited to the u.s. or globally? chm. powell: the thing that worries me the most is cyber risk. you know, it is a constant concern and we spent lots of time and resources on it. so does the private sector but that is the one where we have a playbook for bad lending and bad risk management. we have a lot of capital in the system. but, you know, the cyber, as you see with ransomware issues, it has been ongoing rates to keep up. we haven't had the face of significant cyber event from us financial stability standpoint. that is the thing i worry most about. sen. ossoff: in terms of financial stability, what next preoccupied your attention or concern? chm. powell: you know, the economy is coming out of this g

next we have senator cruz and then after that will be senator ossoff. and if there's any other senators who wish to ask questions, who haven't asked questions, you should tell us, because those are the last two we have. senator cruz. senator cruz: thank you, madam chair. and let me say to each of the witnesses here today, thank you for being here. thank you for your testimony. and thank you also for your service. i want to thank each of you, and also each of the heroic law enforcement officers who demonstrated extraordinary courage in fighting to repel the terrorist attack that unfolded on the capitol on january 6th. and we are grateful for the bravery and the courage in the face of a truly horrific attack. senator cruz: in the aftermath of that attack, there is naturally a process to assess what could have been done to better prevent that attack, to better secure the capitol. and i think everyone recognizes that hindsight is different from a decision made in the moment, facing the threat immediately. but this hearing is nonetheless productive for analy

senator ossoff. >> thank you, mr. chairman, thank you to our panel. i'd like to begin with you, and regarding amazon products that's function with connections to wi-fi networks. what data regarding other devices on those same networks produced by other manufacturers might amazon devices collect, particularly amazon devices that act as a hub or a bridge between various networked devices? >> senator, i believe you may be referring to smart home devices that operate in a safe network for instance, an echo device. some of echo devices include hub technology to allow customers smart lights, smart door locks through an echo device to the internet. in that case we do receive information about the status of the devices so that we can control them on our customers behalf of alexa. >> you'd be collecting for example in that case about when, where, in what rooms customers may be turning on or off the lights, when and where within their homes they might be using connected cleaning devices. what other kinds of information might you collect from third party devices

. >> thank you, senator ossoff. mr. secretary mayorkas, want o thank you once again for your service to our country and your willingness to tackle these incredibly challenging challenges that you have before you and also have an opportunity to thank the men and women answer each and every day the department of homeland security to keep us safe. certainly i think every member of this committee is thankful for the work you do and everybody at the department of homeland security. we look forward to working closely with you as we work to overcome these challenges. the record for this thing will remain open 415 days until august 11 at 5 p.m. for the submission of statements and questions for the record. with that this hearing is now adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] tools. this runs about four hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

. >> senator ossoff. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and, director wray, greetings from your home state of georgia. >> thank you. >> there's been a significant increase in shootings and violent crime nationwide over the last 18 months. there were at least 10 people shot in atlanta, georgia, on sunday. what does the fbi assess is driving this crime wave? >> well, certainly i am following the same trends you are with concern, not just in atlanta, but in other cities around the country. i'm not sure there's any single factor that's driving it. i think it's a variety of things. we are seeing -- some of it may be, you know, the pandemic itself in its own way has had an impact. there are people who are may be not at jobs or maybe not -- not in school or not otherwise available and they're more -- there's more potential for wrongdoing to occur. we've talked about some of the challenges with local police departments and some of the issues there in terms of their recruiting and staffing. a lot of them are understaffed in addition to th