A lack of diverse leadership can have a direct, adverse effect on hiring, retention, and promotion of diverse candidates.

It's simply not enough to hire diverse candidates at lower pay grades.

I thank the gentleman for yielding an additional minute. In years past, the signs have been stolen, thrown in the river, replaced; shot, replaced again; shot again; defaced with acid; and had ``KKK'' spray-painted on them. The signs were…

This President, in his 3 short years, he made a commitment to rebuild our military, strengthen our Nation, and put America first, and he has fulfilled--and he is fulfilling those commitments.

I think it is kind of a shame that, you know, if some of the people on the other side of the aisle would put national security and the American people ahead of partisan politics, then he wouldn't have to be, in the terms of my colleague…

You know, something that I like to bring up in these hearings, whether it is DoD or Homeland Security, is a conversation about the Jones Act.

Removing these drugs before they make it into Mexico is vitally important.

Border security is national security. It is a no-brainer.

I know several of us are disappointed that we had funding--this committee appropriated funds for a 12th National Security Cutter only to see the President's budget remove those funds.

Maybe we need to fund them more.

I applaud the great work that is being done by this administration--it is clear that it is taking the increased domestic extremism threats seriously.

This issue continues to be a top priority for this committee.

Some of these attacks targeted houses of worship and other religious institutions, a trend we have increasingly seen Nation-wide.

As a member of the Committee on Homeland Security, I rise today to express my strong opposition to the New Way Forward Act, which would completely eliminate our Nation's ability to control our borders and determine who enters our country…

I think extremist activities of any kind are unacceptable and cannot be tolerated in the military.

No group is more diverse or culturally integrated than our United States military--none, anywhere.

I have dealt with White supremacy on the front lines as a district attorney.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I rise in strong support of S. 2107, the Protecting America's Food and Agriculture Act of 2019. Americans are blessed to live in a country where, in most communities, we can find healthy, fresh foods…