Daniel E. Lungren: “Sometimes I just have to shake my head, because we haven't had an attack on U.S. soil since 9/11. It hasn't happened by…”

Senator Everett Dirksen once said a billion dollars here, a billion dollars there, pretty soon you're talking about real money.

A healthy skepticism of government... has been replaced in some cases with outright cynicism, and that is in fact harmful to our democracy.

I believe identifying the threat is critical to combating this problem and protecting our critical infrastructure.

I believe we are safer today because of DHS, even with all the warts and the shortcomings that we have.