"I noted that there were domestic groups that may constitute a threat because of linkages between extreme ideology and a willingness to take violent action."
"I have never seen a witness take on another Member's testimony and not answer the question that he was asked."
"As a Homeland Security Committee, we are charged with the responsibility of ensuring this Nation's security."
"Questions From Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson for Qanta A.A. Ahmed"
"Before this Government undertakes such a radical change in funding for these vital programs, Congress must ask some vital questions."
"We do not believe that a decade's worth of work in building the regional governance and collaboration structures of these programs should be discarded."
"The NPGP proposal moves away from the current regional governance, assessment, and strategy-based approach to a competitive and individual project based approach."
"In fiscal year 2012 the Congress passed a bill mandating funding cuts in important Homeland Security grant programs."
"I do not think any of what we should do should be to have the result of being punitive."
"As a Ranking Member of the authorizing committee for the Department of Homeland Security, I urge my colleagues to take a serious look at this effort to authorize a consolidation of needed Homeland Sec..."
"I think the application ought to be across the board so that if a cut is there, it is tied to risk."
"Everyone agrees that we should spend our homeland security dollars where they are needed most in an efficient and effective manner."
"I do not think any of us would want a community to be at risk because of policies that we are doing."
"On behalf of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), our more than 1,500 member organizations, and the millions of Americans who regularly ride public transportation, I write to offer A..."
"Reducing Government spending by eliminating overlapping and duplicative programs is a common-sense approach to saving scarce Federal funds and enhancing revenue."
"I would point out for the record that the National Institute of Undersea Science Technology researchers were the first on the scene during the Gulf oil spill."
"if anything, we probably need additional cutters, if we could afford them."
"The Coast Guard's program of record maintains that 8 national security cutters are the minimum required to replace the 12 aging high-endurance cutters."
