Barr to serve as our 85th Attorney General. In December, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Mr. And after retiring from Verizon, he returned to the private practice of law with a private firm before yet another call to serve came. His roles included serving as the Executive Vice President and General Counsel for GTE Corporation, as well as for Verizon. For the 18 years that followed Attorney General Barr lent his leadership to the private sector. And in 1991, he became our 77th Attorney General of the United States, serving through the remainder of President Bush’s term. In 1990, he became the Deputy Attorney General. Bush, he was tapped for the role of Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Legal Counsel. He returned to law firm life and soon made partner. From there, he joined a private firm, but it wasn’t shortly thereafter that he joined the domestic policy staff of the White House in the Ronald Reagan administration. And after graduating, he served as a law clerk with Judge Malcolm Willkie, of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. While at the CIA, he enrolled in law school and earned his degree with highest honors from George Washington University. After earning his AB from Columbia University, and an MA in Chinese Studies, he began his first career in public service with the Central Intelligence Agency. Attorney General Barr’s career is punctuated by repeated calls to serve that he has answered. Occasionally, our country has the good fortune of seeing inspired leaders rise through the ranks of public service, step away to take on leadership roles in the private sector, only to come back when we needed them. So now let me tell you a little bit about our Attorney General. In fact, we have our law enforcement representatives here today to talk to you, and I would welcome you to stay after the Attorney General’s remarks for a presentation on the department’s China initiative by senior officials of the National Security Division, specifically Adam Hickey, the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for that division, my counterpart from the Eastern District of Michigan, Matthew Schneider, and myself. But we in law enforcement have pledged to work with you to protect your essential enterprises from these threats. American innovation is often the target of PRC, espionage, exploitation, malign influence, and outright theft. We’ve come here today to hear firsthand the Attorney General speak about the global ambitions of the people’s Republic of China and the challenge that poses for business and our security.

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