I appreciate that.

I certainly give Secretary Johnson credit for trying to improve relations with Congress, his statement and acknowledgement of mediocrity is very disappointing.

I give Secretary Johnson credit for trying to improve relations with Congress, his statement and acceptance of mediocrity is very disappointing.

DHS must secure the homeland efficiently and effectively.

Thank you very much.

I literally have three places to be at one time, and I think most of us are the same way.

I am disappointed that the agency made this kind of mistake at such a critical time.

Mr. Meadows and I agree on a great many things here in the U.S. House of Representatives, and one of them is that we want transparency and accountability in the Government.

One of the best things that the Congress did over the years was to not only authorize but fund the Hospital Preparedness Program.

Ms. Pallante should be made the director of the Copyright Office yesterday.

My last point: Would you reaffirm that the outreach tactics, relationships, with these unique communities, in this instance the Somalian community but there is the large populations in places like Michigan and elsewhere, Texas, is…

First, my appreciation to the Chairman for his steady line of questioning.

Women and extremism, it is a new phenomenon and ISIL has taken advantage of it.

Which would require the government to review both terrorist screening database and the terrorist watch list for a complete list with respect to any of these foreign fighters and to report back to Congress with the results within 90 days.

we cannot bomb our way out of this problem.

Countering violent extremism should not ever be the pretext to profiling a United States person on the base of race, religion, or culture.

the United States is not at war with Islam but it is the contorted, disjointed and ludicrous interpretation of those who simply want to be violent and vile and kill people.

In this country, violent extremism is a local threat as evidenced by FBI Director Comey as well, about ISIL cells and others.