I am going to again introduce legislation, the Secure and Safe Asylum and Detention Act, to address these problems.

The Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act--authored by Senator Collins and myself in 2006 to address the failures uncovered by this Committee's investigation into the response to Hurricane Katrina--requires that the FEMA…

Again, an encouraging response. Please keep in touch with that because I agree with you that there is just no sense, except for turf protection, for your agents not to have Title 21 authority.

I do not believe that these issues are insurmountable.

It represents a real threat in many ways to the United States.

I found it deplorable that people coming here asking for asylum based on political discrimination at home, religious discrimination, or other forms are subjected to this kind of detention while their cases are being determined.

I intend to focus on FPS. I think it is a very important part of what the Department does.

I have been frustrated over the last few years at the Department's failure to improve what I consider to be inhuman detention policies and conditions.

I am very pleased, I will say personally, that you have been nominated to lead ICE.

I hear it over and over again that they are not doing LEED because it is just too expensive.

I cannot figure out why more of my colleagues do not appreciate just the numbers on this.

Will you use your authority to approve some construction for fire stations and police stations?

One of my goals is to get a highly qualified and well-trained reserve force for this Nation.

I am urging this Committee to understand that in a major catastrophic disaster, the current amounts on the books are wholly inadequate to maintain basic operations.

I just want to bring this to the attention of this Committee, that moving communities is an option if the communities are small enough to move...

This nominee will have my support, but I want you and the Ranking Member to know that I am going to be working weekly, as we rebuild our region in the Gulf Coast.

His is a wonderful face to see, and we in Louisiana so appreciate his voice at probably the most difficult time our State has ever faced.

I am convinced that you are the right person for this job.