Time and time again, I have urged this committee not to have a narrow view of violent extremism which ignores violent extremist activities of domestic groups.

I thank the leadership of this subcommittee for continuing to focus on our Nation's most pressing cyber vulnerabilities--protecting our Nation's critical infrastructure systems, and protecting citizens and Federal workers and their…

And I rise in strong support of H.R. 1637, the Federally Funded Research and Development Act of 2015, and. Mr. Speaker, this legislation would require the Department of Homeland Security to prepare annual status reports on the research…

Prohibiting Syrian refugees from resettlement or lowering the already minimal number of refugees in the United States now, when there is no real evidence that they are a terror threat, would be to actively and explicitly discriminate…

I think this is a very sensible approach.

Senator Carper, when I first joined the First Baptist Church in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1982, at the end of the service, we would all join hands and sing, There's a Sweet, Sweet Spirit in This Place.

It seems to me that if you have a 10-inch rise in sea level and more water pounding against the roadway, the sensible thing to do is exactly what Senator Whitehouse said, make your roadway a little higher and compensate for that perhaps…

Given the noted upsurge in domestic, non-Islamic activity and the risk such ideologically-based violence may present to this Nation, we write to request that you hold a hearing on the threats posed by domestic terrorists when the House…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 17, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``Governing Through Goal Setting…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 17, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. in room SD-406 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on June 17, 2015, at 10 a.m., in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 17, 2015, at 10 a.m., in room SR-253 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct a…

I, too, would like to speak on this National Defense Authorization Act and observe that we just, I think, had a very important exchange between the distinguished chairman of the Armed Services Committee and the Senator from Illinois. They…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 17, 2015, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:15 p.m., to conduct a hearing entitled…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 17, 2015, at 2 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 17, 2015, at 2 p.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``Nominations.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…

No, sir. I mean, that is exactly the point that tribal leaders are bringing to you today is that they are no different than states, than the United States.

Well, in the Little River Band case they did not make the treaty argument directly...