Senator Burr: ... Director Comey, I appreciate your willingness to appear before the committee today, and more importantly, I thank you for your dedicated service and leadership to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Your appearance today speaks to the trust we have built over the years ...Senator Warner: ... I've never had any reason to question your integrity, your expertise or your intelligence. ... You've been a straight shooter with this committee, and have been willing to speak truth to power, even at the risk of your own career
Senator Risch: Mr. Comey, thank you for your service. America needs more like you, and we really appreciate it.
Senator Feinstein: I just want you to know that I have great respect for you. Senator Cornyn and I sit on the Judiciary Committee, so we have occasion to have you before us. And I know that you're a man of strength and integrity ...
Senator Cornyn: Mr. Comey, I'll repeat what I've said at previous hearings, that I believe you're a good and decent man who's been dealt a very difficult hand ...
Senator Burr at conclusion of hearing: Jim, several of us on this committee have had the opportunity to work with you since you walked in the door. I want to say, personally, on behalf of all this -- all the committee members, we're grateful to you for your service to your country, not just in the capacity as FBI director, but as prosecutor, and more importantly, being somebody that loves this country enough to tell it like it is.
The FBI has dirt on most of them or they have something that they don’t want the FBI to find.