I would ask every one of my colleagues on this committee to take the bold step, and I hope our other colleagues from both sides of the aisle will join us, in being willing to be courageous enough to condemn any kind of incendiary rhetoric…

It is very important that we give the domestic terrorism its due as a problem in this country that is escalating.

At the outset, let me take strong exception to your opening statement. The inference that there was somehow Members of this committee were not concerned about terror attacks carried out by groups like wHite nationalists, Nazis, whatever…

This Department of Homeland Security was formed and probably the greatest and largest reorganization of our Government in history because of the magnitude of the attack on 9/11 and because we struggled.

We are at the stage now where this is a new threat, an evolving threat, a more sophisticated threat.

I write to request that you broaden the scope of your examination of ideological-based violence.

Madam President, let me now talk about something related--the legislative graveyard. Leader McConnell says: Let's move on and work together. There hasn't been a single bill put on the floor on issues we can debate, whether it is protecting…

Madam President, on disaster, last week, the city of Davenport in Iowa became the site of the latest national disaster to wreak havoc on our homeland. It has been 8 weeks since the Midwest began battling major flooding, 6 months since the…

Madam President, I have just listened to my friend the majority leader engage in an astounding bit of whitewash--not unexpected but entirely unconvincing. Yes, the Mueller investigation took 2 years, and, yes, it produced a stunning…

This comes on the same day the Democratic House Committee leader claims we're in a constitutional crisis after his own committee voted on party lines to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt for not releasing the full unredacted…

We are now in a constitutional crisis.

Obviously a law failing to meet its stated goal needs to be changed and updated, the purpose of our conversation here.

Thank you for your lifetime of efforts on behalf of America's working families.

Over the past 4 decades there has been a concerted effort to diminish the right of workers to organize and collectively bargain.

I have worked with Linda for a number of years on chemical safety efforts.

we must make sure our country is ready to tackle the threats of our time and beyond.

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But moving forward do you plan on seeking input from career staff from across program offices on asbestos and other risk evaluations?