Dean Koh is a brilliant scholar--one of the great legal minds of his generation.
I very much hope that you will favorably report on the nomination of Harold Hongju Koh--a great American--to this import...
I would like to thank you, Mr. McDermott, for your efforts leading to this legislation.
It will be essential to provide periodic reports to Congress, as recommended by Senator Dodd.
The Committee will come to order, and let me apologize to our witnesses and colleagues for the slight delay.
I have been frustrated over the last few years at the Department's failure to improve what I consider to be inhuman dete...
I will give you my full support.
The issues and challenges facing ICE are considerable, and I want to continue the dialogue we have started in the confir...
I will say that I am encouraged by some steps that Secretary Napolitano has taken thus far.
I do not think they have a positive place in Federal law enforcement as a general matter.
I think we are going to have to really spend some more effort and resources.
I think that, as I said earlier, this is not a question of whether or not the agency detains people, but it is a questio...
The extraordinary record of experience in emergency management that Mr. Fugate has is, of course, very important, and I ...
I am going to again introduce legislation, the Secure and Safe Asylum and Detention Act, to address these problems.
The Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act--authored by Senator Collins and myself in 2006 to address the failures...
Again, an encouraging response. Please keep in touch with that because I agree with you that there is just no sense, exc...
I do not believe that these issues are insurmountable.
It represents a real threat in many ways to the United States.
