"I am sure you are aware that the 9/11 hijackers used knives and mace and pepper spray to hijack their plane."
"I think this is exactly the course of action we need to take on this subcommittee. And I, for one, am a loud and vocal advocate for the increased use of canines and their teams."
"Intelligent response. I represent a south Louisiana district. In August of last year our citizens suffered what was referred to as epic flooding, 1,000-year flooding with 56 inches of rain in just a c..."
"Legislation put forward by subcommittee Member Clay Higgins, H.R. 2131--the DHS FIRM Act, would require DHS components, including FEMA, to utilize a table of offenses and penalties to improve consiste..."
"I believe that terrorists overseas that are identified as active, radicalized, Islamic jihadists should be tracked and killed."
"I believe we should identify and very closely monitor suspected radicalized Islamic terrorists."
"I further believe that we need to stop or greatly interfere with the recruitment and radicalization efforts."
"No State I don't believe has been more injured by EPA regulatory overreach than the great State of Louisiana and the citizens that I represent."
"I myself find that a canine team, a well-trained canine team with a good handler is the most effective means by which to detect explosive substance."
"Have all five of these models been deployed at the testing airports, at the pilot airports?"
"I think it is important as we move forward and we look at technologies and consider technologies that sometimes old-school works very well relative to new technologies."