No one should blame the men and women of DHS for problems Congress has allowed to fester.

I concur with your thoughts and I think maybe a year or 24 months allow Congress to really look at this and come up with some common sense reforms that protect the homeowner but also protect the taxpayer.

That would be a great group of individuals to recruit from.

What is your suggestion to Members of Congress as to what we can do?

I am pleased to have the opportunity to examine an issue critical to our National security posture.

Do you support that?

The program fiscal year 2020 budget shortchanges the future for political wins today. I will fight to restore funding to improve innovation activities at S&T.

To say I am concerned with President Trump's and the Department of Homeland Security's misguided, counterproductive actions would be an understatement.

I have serious concerns regarding the President's fiscal year 2020 budget request for both CISA and S&T.

Last time we met, I brought up the pending expiration of NFIP on May 31.

So in other words, it was more or less an unfunded mandate on Native Americans to say you have to have an address, but we are not going to give you the money necessary to complete the process, we will just establish it.

In many instances, the public didn't know. Justice would say, 'Now in America the public has a right to know if you are tampering or, quote, `improving' the electoral process.'

I would not be elected in Mississippi had it not been for the Voting Rights Act.

I am pleased to commend LCDR Steven Davies for his dedication to duty and service as a U.S. Coast Guard congressional fellow on my staff. Steve was recently selected to serve as executive officer of USCGC Thetis and will soon depart to…

Unfortunately, the President's proposal would undercut these critical missions in order to fund a border wall. The President plans to place the homeland at risk.

Another sad truth is that low-income communities will suffer compounded impacts of climate change.

The strain on unpaid TSOs during the Government shutdown magnified financial pressures already facing the TSO work force, which is underpaid compared to other Federal workers.

The very real and sad truth is that climate change is upon us.