I, too, wish to express my appreciation to Senator Blumenthal and to all our cosponsors, and I look forward to the Senate agreeing to this important resolution. With that, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from…

I wish to thank the esteemed Senator from Arizona for allowing me to join him on the floor today to talk about this very important issue that has had a favorable outcome. Even more importantly, I want to express my great appreciation and…

I rise to speak to the Hoeven-Blumenthal resolution, and also, in addition to requesting 10 minutes, I request that my cosponsor on the resolution, Senator Blumenthal, be allowed to engage with me in this discussion. We have submitted a…

We're going to be pressed to find additional savings this year compared to the budget that was submitted to us by the President.

I think we're going to be required to find more savings.

Good morning Chairman McCaul, Ranking Member Keating and distinguished Members of the subcommittee: I am Charles K. Edwards, Acting Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

some programs you have to prioritize, and some programs merit more resources, and some programs merit less resources, and some programs should be eliminated.

How is the threat initiative going? I mean, do you feel like it is working well and making a difference?

we're in challenging times from a budgetary standpoint, and so it's incumbent on all of us to figure out how we reduce the deficit and the debt and get our financial situation in order.

I would like to hear from you about how this process worked within your agency.

Among the things we talked about was the possibility of parliament members with the Freedom and Justice Party coming here and possibly interacting with Members of Congress.

We want a relationship with those countries.

I was recently in Egypt and met with the speaker of the parliament and other members of the Freedom and Justice Party, which is actually the Muslim Brotherhood.

Would you talk about that a little bit?

I think that's a requirement when you build it, isn't it?

Again, I want to thank not only the Chief but all three of you for. We have more work to do here, but you have all done good work.

I see that you've requested $10,462,873, of which $462,873 is funding that you have raised.

So this is being done on the five senior Members. Is it your expectation or intention to extend it?