I would hope that your role is not just as the operational manager, but I would hope that you are the primary adviser to the Secretary in this area.

ICE plays a vital role in coordinating interior enforcement to detain and remove those who have violated our immigration laws.

This Committee's comprehensive investigation into the flawed response to Hurricane Katrina revealed fundamental problems with our nation's preparedness for catastrophic disasters.

this should not be a political post. It should be a nonpartisan post that is filled by the most experienced individuals that we can find.

I think we need to strike the right balance.

I just want to wish our nominee well. I, too, am impressed with his background and responses this morning, and I look forward to working with him.

The logical combination of all-hazards prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery underscores the need to keep FEMA within DHS.

You have ably described what an important role this is, as well as the impressive background of Mr. Morton.

I want to acknowledge that he was the first person to come to me when I was Chairman to point out problems with FEMA.

I intend to support the nominee.

This tension, however, is not unique to a large hurricane like Hurricane Katrina.

I also think it speaks to a real problem within the Department that one agency is flagging so much fraud, and yet the agency that has to carry out the enforcement is only accepting 26 percent of the cases.

I am in complete agreement with your statement, 'What everybody wants to know is, What does this mean to me and the decisions I'm making?'

they will actually exceed their goal of a 20-percent reduction in energy intensity.

the key is, How do we incentivize low-carbon strategies? He's right on the money.

Thank you very much.

Whatever happens at Copenhagen or other locations will require ratification by the United States Senate in the form of treaties.

I don't need buckets of money. I need some help with really expensive technology that's very promising that I can't build commercially today in China.