This is an absolutely vital program to protecting America, and I look forward to working together with you.
Rand Beers is a highly qualified nominee with a record of more than 30 years of public service.
But there was no reference to the presidential election in that briefing that you received?
The position will have no operational authority.
I was personally very relieved to see that it did not happen, at least not in what I read.
If confirmed, you are going to be in a truly critical position for our homeland security.
The Department of the Treasury, the Department of Commerce, and the Department of Justice would be three other major par...
I hope you will not hesitate to let this Committee know.
It is hard for cyber security to work without electricity.
We probably do not do that enough in the other committees, so we thank the people behind you.
It is the view in the White House that the Department of Homeland Security will continue to play an absolutely essential...
Mr. Beers, thank you for your testimony today, for your willingness to serve.
I have long been dismayed by the myriad ways that government agencies have repeatedly time and again egregiously failed ...
I hope to learn today what practices the DOT is using to assist small business contractors.
So the key question I pose this morning is why, since we have a 23 percent contracting goal, are only 10.3 percent of th...
These pernicious trends must be reversed.
This is an industry that has been devastated in terms of employment.
I have just got to say, Mr. Secretary--and then I am going to move right on to Senator Corker--when you see what access ...
