while Native Americans make up less than 10 percent of the population in North Dakota, we've seen some reports where up to thirty percent of the homeless youth population in a given area are Native American

I have heard the stories, and continue to hear the stories to this day, not just of the homeless youth and their experiences

we have seen an increase in the number of runaway and homeless youth in the State

this is a top priority of mine to make sure that we have a solvent and affordable flood insurance program.

Actually, I have spent a lot of time with EPA working to get something that I think your people feel is workable.

It's making it very difficult and very expensive for the coal fired electric industry to continue to operate their plants.

But that regulation really relies on citizen lawsuits for enforcement.

I hope we can accomplish something on a bipartisan basis.

I think we're pretty close to a solution.

We need to find a way to make sure that we're working with the industry to actually help them deploy these new technologies.

The Waters of the U.S. Rule, WOTUS, is creating tremendous problems for our farmers and ranchers, tremendous uncertainty, and I think it should be rescinded.

I think anything that you can do that would be helpful to address the concerns of rural America as it relates to homeland security.

I think that when we are talking about it, I think all of us, every person in this country, probably wishes for 100-percent situational awareness.

There's just a tremendous amount of regulation that has come out in regards to use of coal for energy production.

I would encourage you to talk to farmers and ranchers, private landowners, as well as industries, the whole gamut of industry sectors on this rule, and I think you'll find that they're very concerned about it and that it is very much a…

It seems to me that if we can combine your effort... that would be of great benefit to the entire homeland security effort.

Where I'm going with this right mix of people and technology is also then going into metrics, managing the effectiveness of our border security, our coastal security.

I look forward to hearing more about your plans and views today, as well as how we move DHS to be more agile in responding to evolving threats.