It strikes me as we think about this idea of, one of our challenges which I mentioned to the earlier panel on this foreign fighter issue, it is not just a matter of ingress and egress.

Ultimately it is going to come down to information sharing.

I want to again thank the Chairman and Ranking Member for holding this important hearing.

I think that is why legislation is the way that we should do these things and why I have been someone who has been trying to solve this problem and I am very disappointed that the President has decided to take executive action on this.

the people that were patiently waiting in line getting--the individuals that were here illegally getting to the back of the line as a matter of fairness

It strikes me as one of our biggest vulnerabilities in the sense that the information that we have and the willingness of countries to share amongst themselves is critical.

we have talked about fraud in the ACTC. As I understand it, we have an improper payment rate overall even in the Earned Income Tax Credit of 22 to 26 percent.

we are already paying out $65 billion a year on this Earned Income Tax Credit.

So, I want to make sure that as we look at all of this, we think about the prior 3 years.

I want to solve this problem.

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Mr. President, I rise in strong support of moving to the Homeland Security appropriations bill. I hope we do that with a vote today. This is very important in terms of governing and in terms of passing an appropriations bill for a vital…

I want to thank you, Dr. Carter, for all your service to the Nation and your willingness to serve again.

I would ask you to tell us and to make a commitment to this committee that you will not succumb to any pressure by this administration to increase the pace of transfers from Guantanamo.

I would also ask you to commit to this committee that you will take with the utmost seriousness... that you will not allow the release of someone that you think could reengage in terrorism.

We know that at least 107 terrorists who were formerly detained at Guantanamo and then released have been confirmed of reengaging in terrorism.

I appreciate the comments that you made that you are inclined to support lethal aid to Ukraine.

I also think it is very important that we also buttress our NATO support for the Baltics as well in all of this.