These tragedies not only senselessly take innocent lives but do so much to inhibit focus and learning by invoking fear and anxiety among students, faculty, and staff, alike.

I want to take a moment to specifically thank Lauren Hogg and Max Schachter for being here today.

In recent years, the number of people in ICE custody has been steadily rising and now exceeds 50,000.

As a member of the Committee on Homeland Security and a former prosecutor, I rise today to express my concerns regarding H.R. 2203. While the bill is referred to as the Homeland Security Improvement Act, the legislation does not make…

On September 5, 2019, the Madison County Sheriff's Department responded to a hostage situation near Canton, Mississippi. Upon arrival, the suspect fled and led deputies on a high-speed chase throughout the northeastern part of the county…

Since World War II, 138,103 American soldiers have been listed as prisoners of war, and 83,114 American soldiers have been listed as missing in action. National POW/MIA Recognition Day was created to honor the sacrifice of the men and…

Domestic abuse is a serious national issue. On average, nearly 20 people a minute in the United States are physically abused by a partner.

This hearing will come to order. Welcome on behalf of the Helsinki Commission to this hearing on 'Tools of Transnational Repression: How Autocrats Punish Dissent Overseas.'

Well, try to get that to us.

Well, thank you very much to all four of you for your excellent testimony.

Accountability and deterrence are our most potent tools in resisting the spread of authoritarian lawlessness across borders.

I, for one, am determined to be part of a solution to getting to the bottom of this and reversing that.

The law I sponsored bearing Magnitsky's name was passed in 2012, and its global counterpart was enacted in 2016.

It seems that we come down to the real problem here and that is that there are a large number of members of INTERPOL, including some of our allies, who are frankly international scofflaws.

This practice of transnational repression constitutes a wholesale assault on the rule of law internationally.

While white supremacists and ultra nationalists will remain--will maintain their position at the top of the threat matrix, the risk is also diversifying.

White supremacist, far-right extremists are now the most ascendant transnational terror threat facing the homeland in a fluid and somewhat diversifying risk matrix.

A recent Pentagon inspector general's report stated that ISIS was resurging in Syria after the administration's decision to withdraw U.S. troops.