I thank Congressman McEachin for yielding this time to me. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge passage of H.R. 965, the Saint- Gaudens National Historical Park Redesignation Act. Named after the great American sculptor Augustus…

I look forward to getting your best assessment, should you be confirmed, about ways we can make sure the Department has not only the resources it needs but the authority it needs.

I think we need to be doing more on the domestic terrorism front.

I, too, rise today to oppose the renomination of Ajit Pai to serve as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. I will start my remarks by acknowledging my friend, the Senator from Hawaii, and echoing his sentiments about the…

So, I am just going to interrupt for a second, because on the September 28th call with FEMA and other Agencies, the DOD representative stated that the U.S. Northern Command was working on a plan to mobilize an additional sustainment force…

the lapse appears to stem from insufficient communication between FAA and TSA, as well as the FAA's inability to validate the authenticity of personal information on pilots' licenses at the time of the application.

Well, we--myself and Senator Collins--have worked on moving our borders to overseas airports and deploying these kinds of technologies as a way to get security before people enter the United States, and we think this is an important…

When the budget came out earlier this year, I asked then Secretary of DHS Kelly during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing about why the administration cut these programs, even though our aviation system is facing increased…

I understand from your testimony that your airport runs on an enterprise fund and has its own 10 uniformed police officers patrolling the airport.

I will add my voice to the chorus concerning VIPR teams and dogs and enhancing TSA PreCheck.

I have to tell you that I know others have been in contact with the current Governor of Puerto Rico as well, and they are not hearing that all their needs have been met.

I think we need an absolutely thorough oversight effort in this regard focused specifically on the threats posed by white supremacists and neo-Nazis.

I also am concerned about making sure that we are doing everything we can to go after these domestic terrorism groups who promote violence.

The situation is critical. There is no electricity anywhere on the island, and only 40 percent of customers have running water.

I do believe that the Department has a very critical role to play.

I knew that Senators Rubio and Cantwell were going to focus on what has happened in Puerto Rico, so we brought some pictures of the devastation that I think say it very clearly.

What we are seeing there is nothing short of a humanitarian crisis.

One of the conversations we have been having is about as we look at Puerto Rico and the devastation there to particularly their utility grid.