I think it is an excellent idea, and we have learned a lot from hearing what Texas has done.
I want to also express my appreciation to the Chairman and to all of you.
I hope that our discussion today can yield a step in this direction, and I also support the Chairman's comment that this...
I also want to extend my condolences to the family of Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with Ebola on Ameri...
the value of our public health infrastructure and the cost of maintaining it.
I often urge my colleagues not to use our positions of influence to promote fear in the public.
I was a vocal supporter of the DHS consolidation plan when it was first presented.
These issues create problems for our security and create problems for the men and women that we have asked to protect th...
The drug cartels basically own that territory.
However, Phase II and III of the consolidation project have been stalled.
It is inconceivable that the Department of Homeland Security does not have a consolidated headquarters where the Secreta...
I also am concerned about how it is we treat in every way possible, by pay and in terms of morale, the men and women who...
The people I represent want to know from me... what is the Department doing to deploy its resources to address that prob...
I am very concerned that we have yet to deal with the border security issue that plagues the people I represent every si...
However, Congressional appropriation of funding of St. Elizabeths continues to be uncertain as the House's fiscal year 2...
Since the Department of Homeland Security was created in 2002, its core components have been dispersed in more than 50 l...
While doing so, we must also protect against violating the privacy and civil liberties of the American public.
During times of heightened security concerns, like those we currently face in light of the potential threat ISIL poses, ...