Most--before I was elected to this job here, I was Governor of my State.

But, if we do have a second round, I want to come back and ask you about how we are using the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) to find ways to get better health care outcomes for less money, or better health care outcomes…

There was a lot of unease over the Syrian refugee population and the security risk that some believe that they might pose to us in this country.

I think that we should support Canada, our ally, in doing the right thing in the most secure manner possible when it comes to Syrian refugees.

If I am an ISIS-affiliated person and I am trying to get into this country and do mayhem, why would I take 2 years to get here?

That kind of reminds me of the Golden Rule. How do we want to treat other people? Well, the way that we would like to be treated.

One of the initiatives that we talked about was a community partnership countering violent extremism (CVE), and it would be an agency within the Department of Homeland Security whose job it would be to work out--to reach out, particularly…

Vilifying refugees coming to our country or to Canada only serves as a distraction from the real challenges of defeating ISIS on the battlefield.

These are children who have not been in school for years now. These are families in crisis.

When I was a stranger in your land, did you take me in?

as the ranking member of the committee on homeland security, I rise in opposition to this amendment. Our friend who is offering this amendment today indicates that Federal agencies are always promulgating regulations, and we never stand…

I always say to my Army friends, 'Well, we may wear different uniforms, but we are on the same team.'

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What I have said, anecdotally, is that a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) would have to be crazy or stupid to try to get here through our most closely vetted program and wait 2 years to go through the most extensive…

Why do you guys want to take so many people in?

The connection with the community is one of the principal benefits.

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Training is absolutely essential in the job, but where we are with the training is that we are learning every day.

We need to make sure that it provides the selfless men and women who keep us safe with the resources that they need to save lives.

I think that the defense of this Nation, the defense of our homeland, is a top priority of the Federal Government.

I think that it is really important that we can somehow fund or prepare people to be part of the Joint Terrorism Task Force offices.

Just give us one good example of how the Federal Government can better support fire and emergency service providers.

I come to the floor this afternoon to talk a bit about developments that involve our Nation, Iran, and the other five nations that joined us in negotiating the joint agreement. And we are encouraged that it will reduce--maybe…

those are some things I didn't plan to say but I felt compelled to say as a warmup to what I really wanted to say, and that is to talk about the agreement we struck with Iran and some of the things that have been happening since then with…

$750 million to support--not to give money to these countries, but the taxpayer dollars from these countries.