Jose Luis Correa

Our National security. We moved in this direction because we all agreed that it was most efficient to protect our country.

Much has been said about DHS's inability to effectively consolidate its offices and components at the St. Elizabeths campus.

Is our top priority still to protect American citizens and taxpayers?

I am disappointed not to have under secretary for management with us here today.

I would like to ask the committee to consider naming the St. Elizabeths area after our President George W. Bush.

While this project was supposed to be completed by 2016, at this subcommittee's last hearing on the DHS headquarters consolidation held in September 2014, we learned that from fiscal years 2006 through 2014, Congress provided $1.6 billion…

This project will house major components of the Department to improve its effectiveness and efficiencies.

Let's start from the beginning of this consolidation project. Are the reasons for consolidation still valid today?

I am disappointed not to have the under secretary for management before us today.

This bill would make it easier for a veteran's child or spouse to be buried in a national veteran's cemetery.

I think there is a bigger picture here, at least from my humble perspective.

California's biggest trading partner is Mexico. Mexico is probably America's second- or third-largest trading partner in the world.

I stand on this floor to speak about our Dreamers. Again, I must ask very simply: What happened? For months, Washington refused to pass a budget. We had many continuing resolutions. Again, one of the issues was Dreamers. After spending…

To fulfill this role, DHS must have a cybersecurity workforce that is well-trained, resilient, and dedicated to the mission.

However, according to the Government Accountability Office, DHS has not taken the steps necessary to staff the Department with cyber professionals properly.

how can we help you get there, how can we help you do your job?

So, my question, I would open it up to all of you is, why does it take so long and why is it so secretive?

Unfortunately, these administrative remedies have fallen low on the Department's priority list, namely because of misplaced focus on ineffective, costly campaign promises, such as a billion-dollar border wall.

Given the vast nature of the DHS mission, the Department must use contractors throughout the components to fulfill critical needs.

does the Secretary have a magic wand or do we need legislation to move this forward?

Again, I stand on this floor to speak about the Dreamers, and this time I ask a simple question: What happened? For months here in Washington, we couldn't pass a budget; we refused to pass a budget. Numerous continuing resolutions were…

I thank my colleague from Texas. I represent Orange County, California. I would like to say that California is now the sixth largest economy in the world. My home county of Orange County, if it were a country today, would be the 32nd…

I wanted to also echo some of the comments made by my colleagues regarding the redirection of funds without properly notifying Congress. Let's do better next time.

I thank the gentleman. I just want to add, think about all of the progress that we made as a country, as a nation in regulating cannabis, medical cannabis, how so many States have relied on that Cole memo to be lawfully abiding citizens…

Given that we want to do what is best for the veterans, given that we want to figure out the best way to use taxpayer dollars, do--I would just rather follow up with them however the best we can, six months out, one year, five years later.