If we were to accept cuts of the magnitude proposed, it would make our nation less safe, and make it harder to achieve the effectiveness we all seek.

Well, it is a juggernaut. The Chinese are launching--have launched a juggernaut.

Without a doubt, there is a crisis at the border. Changing demographics have created unprecedented challenges for the Border Patrol. In the early 2000s, most illegal border crossers were young Mexican men and our laws allowed us to quickly…

I hope the tradition of bipartisanship on this issue can continue, despite the actions taken by the Majority today.

I firmly believe that strong investments in diplomatic and development programs are a central component of our national security.

Before I begin, I would like to express my extreme disappointment that the Majority staff denied the Minority's request for a witness at today's hearing.

I believe that with a bipartisan, bicameral process we can quickly give stakeholders the certainty they need and move a long-term reauthorization of CFATS to the President's desk.

Why can't we have the computers marry? Can you help me out here? Don't promise something you can't deliver. But deliver.

It is incredible that we can't get this fixed. In the meantime, we have got young veterans die, going blind, suffering interminable illness because of bureaucratic crap.

H.R. 1 attempts to address these pressing issues, but the bill's provisions are deeply naive.

Many of the soldiers coming back through the hospital, for example, in Germany, when they get back home as a veteran they can't get access to their medical reports from the hospital in Germany.

Foreign intelligence services, domestic partisans, and on-line vandals do not care what our laws say.