Rep. John Ratcliffe, a Republican from Texas, is the right person to serve as the next director of national intelligence. Ratcliffe appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee for a confirmation hearing on Tuesday, and I urge senators to confirm his nomination.

Ratcliffe has the integrity and experience to restore the confidence the public needs. President Trump understands that we need someone we can trust in leading the intelligence community. As a victim of the politicization that occurred at the highest levels of the intelligence apparatus under former President Barack Obama and his henchman, James Clapper, Trump is bringing in a person who can clean out the riffraff.