"All without a government mandate."
"Maximizing broadband adoption needs to be a top priority of this subcommittee."
"I fear this lack of adoption may hold our states back as we move deeper into the 21st century."
"I certainly now, looking at it from the outside, working with these agencies, would give anything if we could move back to the point where we really actually had appropriations bills passed year after..."
"It seems that we have a new normal in the way we do our budget."
"No one is happy about the current shutdown."
"I agree with you [Captain Colburn] and with your written and oral testimony that the Secretary has the authority to do this and should do it."
"The purpose of this hearing is to explore the possibility that American citizens may leave this country to join terrorist groups."
"I am not stepping away from the responsibility of this body to have comprehensive immigration reform now, now, and now."
"Mexico is actually increasing border security on their Southern Border."
"I do think this is a good investment."
"I remain committed to advocating for common-sense enforcement measures as part of a broader immigration reform package."
"We are long overdue for a comprehensive approach to immigration reform."
"We are long overdue with a comprehensive approach to immigration reform, which means that we would have such elements as a strong border security effort."
"That is why I am an original cosponsor of H.R. 3141, a bill authored by Rep. Candice Miller, to again require DHS to deploy a biometric exit data system at ports of entry."
"I am pleased the subcommittee is meeting today to examine the Department of Homeland Security's efforts to deploy a biometric exit system to record the departure of visitors to this country."
"I challenge this committee... that we put on the floor of the House a comprehensive immigration reform bill post-haste."
"I am optimistic, having talked to Chairman Shuster in the House and others that we can move that in addition to other transportation legislation."
