Cedric Richmond

If we doubled your budget, would you spend it all?

Election interference is a real and dangerous threat that must be addressed.

For too long, we have deferred investments in innovative security technologies to fund operations and funding the President's Southern Border wall.

Although officials throughout the administration have declared that election security is a priority, no one in the White House has been directed to coordinate a Federal response.

Despite CISA's growing mission, its budget has remained stagnant.

From election security to supply chain security, we ask more of DHS's cybersecurity arm every year.

But thoughts and prayers aren't enough. We also need to demand more of the President and his administration in the face of the rising threat of white nationalism and anti-Semitism seriously.

In today's world, a flat cybersecurity budget is just as dangerous as a cut.

Investment in our Federal civilian cybersecurity capabilities simply has not kept pace.

As Congress navigates the Fiscal Year 2020 (FY 2020) appropriations process, we urge you to increase the Homeland Security Subcommittee's fiscal year 2020 302(b) allocation.

I would just encourage you all to figure it out because you don't want us to figure it out for you.

Just because you are upset with your station in life and sitting in your mama's basement in your boxers you don't get to spew hate that you know will incite violence because you can hide behind anonymity.

We got creative and created the step program after disasters so people could shelter in place as opposed to putting them in a hotel.

If we want to talk about the climax of foolishness, I will tell you what I saw in my area.

One of the things, which was the last recommendation of the 9/11 Commission that has still not been adopted by this Congress...

What can we help you all with besides another bill that I have is to make sure that the I.G. doesn't get to come play Monday morning quarterback 5 years after a disaster.

We spent up to $60,000 to $100,000 to bring in temporary trailers to give housing to people that if we just gave them $60,000 they would have been able to go out and purchase a permanent one.

If you were able to get a SBA loan then you had to take that money out of what you were able to receive in grant.

I also share the gentlelady's concern, especially the neighborhood schools and other facilities that our planes fly over.

Thank you for holding today's hearing, entitled 'Securing Our Nation's Chemical Facilities: Stakeholders Perspectives on Improving the CFATS Program.'

Six years after West, Texas, this is simply unacceptable.

Reauthorizing CFATS is critical for every stakeholder communities like mine--from facility owners and employees to surrounding communities and first responders.

This committee is committed to getting CFATS reauthorization done.

This committee is committed to getting reauthorization across the finish line.

The standard should be that turnout is what it is supposed to be in terms of everybody who wants to vote can vote